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Red-capped Robin Fieldwork Gallery

Ecology of the Red-capped Robin in a fragmented landscape.

Mistnets are fine mesh nets which are very difficult for birds to see. They accidentally fly into them and become entangled in the fine netting. We used mistnets to catch Red-capped Robins so that we could mark them for individual identification.

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