Mist net
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Mist nets are nets used to capture wild birds and bats. They are used by hunters and poachers to catch and kill animals, but also by ornithologists and chiropterologists for banding and other research
A researcher removes a bird from a mist net.
A small passerine captured in a mist net
A mist net being set up
A researcher releases a newly banded northern waterthrush
Bal-chatri
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Bal-chatri are traps designed to catch birds of prey. The trap essentially consists of a cage baited inside with a conspicuously visible live rodent or small bird, with a series of monofilament nooses
Mist net
…nearest banding office. Banders must ask for special authorization in their application to use mist nets, cannon nets, chemicals, or auxiliary markers. Bal-chatri traps to catch birds of prey (raptors…
Bal-chatri made of split bamboo with a small bird as bait used for trapping shikras (India, 1897)