Re: PESO Painted bird

2020-12-09 Thread Toine
I asked the local birding experts (which includes professionals). Painting birds is not used for (temporary) marking. A fresh painted pole or something similar must be the source. Toine On Sat, 5 Dec 2020 at 21:40, John wrote: > > If researchers needed a temporary way of marking adult birds, som

Re: PESO Painted bird

2020-12-05 Thread mike wilson
I wondered about that as well but I think it would have taken the feathers out, if not the wing off. > On 05 December 2020 at 16:16 Alan C wrote: > > > Paint Ball Gun? > > Alan C > > On 05-Dec-20 06:08 PM, Toine wrote: > > No idea. Maybe a fresh painted pole. At first I suspected the lens but

Re: PESO Painted bird

2020-12-05 Thread John
If researchers needed a temporary way of marking adult birds, something like a paint ball might work. It would be a lot less stressful for the bird than repeated captures to read the information on the leg band. Thinking about it though, capturing, marking with a non-toxic paint & releasing mi

Re: PESO Painted bird

2020-12-05 Thread Bob Pdml
On 5 Dec 2020, at 18:51, Toine wrote: > > That would require capture and manual handling of the birds. A > permanent marking is ringing. Birds of prey are ringed in the nest if > I remember correctly. > A paint ball would be very strange, why would a sane person shoot > paint balls at a kestrel?

Re: PESO Painted bird

2020-12-05 Thread Toine
That would require capture and manual handling of the birds. A permanent marking is ringing. Birds of prey are ringed in the nest if I remember correctly. A paint ball would be very strange, why would a sane person shoot paint balls at a kestrel? Kestrels like to sit on top of poles etc. On Sat, 5

Re: PESO Painted bird

2020-12-05 Thread Larry Colen
> On Dec 5, 2020, at 6:57 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Great shot! > > Do you have any idea how it got "painted”? My google fu says that there is some temporary marking of wildlife with paint. All the references I found were long technical pdfs. but it is possible that it was done for

Re: PESO Painted bird

2020-12-05 Thread Alan C
Paint Ball Gun? Alan C On 05-Dec-20 06:08 PM, Toine wrote: No idea. Maybe a fresh painted pole. At first I suspected the lens but the green spot is in all the shots. On Sat, 5 Dec 2020, 15:58 Daniel J. Matyola, wrote: Great shot! Do you have any idea how it got "painted"? Dan Matyola *htt

Re: PESO Painted bird

2020-12-05 Thread Toine
No idea. Maybe a fresh painted pole. At first I suspected the lens but the green spot is in all the shots. On Sat, 5 Dec 2020, 15:58 Daniel J. Matyola, wrote: > Great shot! > > Do you have any idea how it got "painted"? > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery >

Re: PESO Painted bird

2020-12-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Great shot! Do you have any idea how it got "painted"? Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 9:13 AM Toine wrote: > Actually a common kestrel with green paint under its wing: > > https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#

PESO Painted bird

2020-12-05 Thread Toine
Actually a common kestrel with green paint under its wing: https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#&gid=1&pid=005-998-img3989 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the