Mary and I joined Nadine, Laura, Ann, Nancy, Ashley and Joyce at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge to "help" them with bird banding (mostly we observed and took photos).
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Between the 6:30AM and 7AM net check, Mary and I took some photos of the native plants in the area.
Whitemouth Dayflower
(Commelina erecta)
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American Germander
(Teucrium canadense)
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Spotted Horse Mint
(Monarda punctata)
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Spotted Horse Mint
(Monarda punctata)
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Spotted Horse Mint
(Monarda punctata)
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Spotted Horse Mint
(Monarda punctata)
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Orange Mullein
(Verbascum phlomoides)
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American Germander
(Teucrium canadense)
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Mary took a picture of Steve taking a picture of Ann checking the net.
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Ann extricates the first bird of the morning from the net, a young Indigo Bunting.
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Ann concentrates on safely removing the bird from the net.
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Mary looks pretty concerned for the bird.
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Mary watches Ann's removal technique.
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Slowly but surely the bird comes free.
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Laura and Nadine both found young Northern Cardinals in the nets.
Mary and Nancy are in the background.
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Laura checks her bird's wing feathers.
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Nadine places a band on her bird.
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Laura, checking wing feathers
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Nancy and Ann unpack supplies in the background while Mary watches Laura and Nadine take measurements, and Ashley records their findings.