Deploying the Mist Net

Photo By/Credit

Cole, Eric/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
05/27/2014
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Mist nets are commonly used to capture birds for banding or other research projects. The net is made of lightweight mesh and is adhered to two poles for ease in transporting or facilitating capture. Here, researchers attempt to capture a long-billed curlew in May 2014.
Subject tags
Surveying
Grasslands
Birds
Bird banding
Biologists (USFWS)
Biological control