Rufa Red Knot Banding in Louisiana
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.พ. 2022
- Join Derek as he documents the capture and banding of Rufa Red Knots in Louisiana with researchers from the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program (BTNEP), the Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP), and Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF).
CBBEP
www.cbbep.org/
BTNEP
btnep.org/
Credits
Thanks to Terry Sohl for allowing us to use his range maps
www.sdakotabirds.com/index.ht...
Red Knot images/videos at 2:01, 4:44, and 12:58 by Justin LeClaire
Red Knot image at 2:05 by Delaina LeBlanc
National Estuary Programs map found on www.sfestuary.org/national-es...
All birds were handled with proper permits.
All other photos and videos by Derek and Ryan Sallmann
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Great to see so much work being done to study these birds. From genetics to morphometrics, all valuable info! Nice video!
Thanks, Gabe! We’ve already learned a lot but still so much more to learn!
One of the grab students at Nicholls is looking at the diets of Red Knots using DNA barcoding so that will be interesting!
@@BadgerlandBirding it’s amazing how much you can learn from an animal with one capture.
Very informative. So nice to see young people involved in birding. Keep up with what you do. Thanks
Thank you! We will!
Oh how fun!! That would be so much fun. Being on the beach would always help! Lol
Beautiful birds!!
They are gorgeous!
Great video! Can’t wait till I see my first Red Knot.
Thanks! Hope you get to see one soon!
From S. Ontario, Canada, here. I've heard about the red knots and how not only are their numbers dwindling, but they're arriving in the tundra up here in Canada underweight. One reason I heard is the over harvesting of horseshoe crabs. I hope the work you participated in helps. Thanks for this video and for what you do to make us aware of what's happening in the bird world. And not just birds but the habitats and land, water, etc. Because it's all connected. Ecology was a fairly new thing when I was in my preteens and the book "Silent Spring" came out. They had just learned about DDT then. Wow. Thanks for the videos and your channel.
Wow, very cool! They look so cute, the little fluff balls!
Very charismatic birds!
Greetins from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean,Ireland.I've tried to find a Red Knot on our shores.Mostly only Black and Bar Tailed Godwits and Common Sandpipers.Great to see what you are doing though.Much respect.
Greetings! The Godwits and the Sandpipers sound cool!
Very interesting video! I really like your channel!
Thank you!
Such important work. Thank you for doing it and sharing it with us.
Thanks for the video. Conservation work and biology work in the field is very important.
It was a lot of fun seeing red knots at Cape May a few years ago. We encountered lots of banded birds and were able to look up where they had been.
Nice! Where were they all from?
@@BadgerlandBirding Most had been banded in New Jersey/Delaware but some were banded in South Carolina and Massachusetts. One was resighted in Brazil, a couple at James Bay, and several in the Mingan Archipelago.
@@rerolley nice!
How exciting! I have a lot of ethical concerns about banding. I think there should be international regulations on standardization to prevent the need for multiple bands, and laws regarding banding size/location. There’s a mute swan at a local park that can always be seen picking at her huge neck band in absolute misery, year after year. I really appreciate the science, I just hate seeing multiple or huge bands on birds.
The swan bands sure do seem bulky! I wonder if someone could be contacted to remove or adjust the band on the one at the park. The shorebirds I’ve seen with multiple bands don’t seem to be bothered by them. I think it also depends on how good of a banded does the work. A property attached band shouldn’t cause any problems, but one that’s put on wrong can become a hindrance.
I have this same dislike of the banding, does it interfere in the daily life of the animal that it is placed on we really have no to know but putting something on the neck of a swan just seems so wrong.
I had 4 band reports last year on the Delaware Bay. Two were from NJ, one from Quebec and one that no one knew about but likely either Peru or somewhere in S. America
Very cool! Big fan of your racing btw!
@@BadgerlandBirding first or last
Wow! Nice video.
Thanks!
Wow! I've never heard of a canon net. Mind is officially blown!!! Oh, and a totally off-topic question but I was just wondering...Have you ever heard of iNaturalist?
Yeah! Cannon net is crazy! And yes, I normally use iNat for herps but it’s good for lots of different species!
Birding is best
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Wish I could do this in Hawaii.
As in you’re from Hawaii or it would just be cool to band Red Knots in Hawaii?
@@BadgerlandBirding I would love to volunteer to band the native forest birds, but I don’t know how to get in contact with the right people, I am 15.
@@cyrus.cycocy.7974 I would have your parents help you email or call some of the agencies involved where you live!
How many times did you have to practice saying Barataria-Terrebonne to say it that smoothly without flubbing it up in the recording?
Haha, depends on the day. it's been a process learning all the Louisiana words! But LA people also don't know how to pronounce Wisconsin words :)
I hope and pray that they could find out why they are under weight.
Indeed! We have a student looking at their diet which should be informative. Also if they don’t have a high weight they have the option to winter on the barrier islands in Louisiana instead of trying to go all the way up :)
How rude... don't show any love to Antarctica 😑
Antarctica birders be like 🥶