Here's an interesting news story about a photographer and the pictures he's taken of birds being released after being mist-netted and banded. It's amazing to see how thin and flexible the small songbirds' flight feathers are, and the contortions the birds make as they flee. The photos are very sharp, and they also seem to show how disheveled the birds are from being caught and handled. I imagine they would look even better if the birds had a chance to preen a few minutes before the photo session.
--Dave Nutter
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