More Banding

Probably about half or a little fewer of the chicks have been banded. It is not hard physically, except for the hand and elbow that squeeze the pliers, but I am still very tired by the end of each session. You are squeezing the pliers very hard to close the band and a slip would crush the leg of the bird being worked on so there is lots of self imposed tension. We usually work in teams of 2, one person catches and the other bands. We normally switch off at the end of each string of 50 bands. Today I did 85 birds and that was a full morning.