Catchingand •ane!lingbirds,aneldata: practicalpaperspublished inthe Waeler StuelyGroupBulletin David A Stroud and N.C Davidson (editors) WaderStudyGroupBulletin69, SpecialIssue international Wader Studies Photos by Nick Davidson and David Stroud Illustrations by Andrew Mackay, Andrea Fisher and Hans Schekkerman Front cover photograph by Guy Morrison: Following a radio-taggedKnot back to the nest.EllesmereIsland, Canada Typing by Ann Williams, Sylvia Way, Linda Porter, Carol Soar, Sheila Gorman,JackieFord and JanetBailey DTP by Maria Wren-Sargent,Avian DemographyUnit, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch7701, SouthAfrica Digital image editing by Ren6 Navarro, Avian DemographyUnit, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch7701, South Africa Printing by Fotoplateand Mills Litho Book Printers,PO Box 4503, Cape Town 8000, SouthAfrica Publishedby theWader StudyGroup,with financialassistance from the UK JointNatureConservation Committeeandthe Ministry of Agriculture,NatureManagementandFisheriesof the Netherlands/Directorate for NatureManagement JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE Recommended citation:Stroud,D.A & Davidson,N.C (eds).2003 Catchingandhandlingbirds,anddata:practicalpaperspublished in the Wader StudyGroupBulletin WaderStudyGroupBulletin69, SpecialIssue.InternationalWaderStudies6 ISSN: 1354-9944 Catching and handling birds, and data: practical papers publishedin the WaderStudyGroup Bulletin Edited by David A Stroud and N.C Davidson WaderStudyGroupBulletin69, SpecialIssue International Wader Studies Published in 2003 Contents When citingpapersreprintedin thissupplementary Bulletin,do not usethis Bulletinvolumenumberor pagination,otherwisebibliographic chaoswill ensue!!Pleaseusetheoriginalcitationwhichis givenhereandin thetitleheaderfor eachpaper Title Authors Original Bulletin citation Pages in this volume Preface iv The OdessaProtocolon InternationalCo-operation on MigratoryFlyway ResearchandConservation Catching, ringing and marking: cannon-netting CatchingLapwingswith cannon-nets Troubleswith projectiles Projectilesagain Catchingwaderswith a 'wilsternet' A simplerapidmethodof movinga setcannon net with minimal disruption A glossaryof cannonnettingterms A methodof ropinga cannon-net Minton, C.D.T 1976.18:7-9 5-6 Green, G.H 1978.24:20-22 6-8 Green, G.H 1980.29:9 8-9 Koopman,K & Hulscher,J.B 1979.26:10-12 9-12 Clark, N.A 1980.28:32 12-13 Minton, C.D.T 1980 28:46-47 13-14 Clark, N.A 1986.46:31-32 15-16 Catching, ringing and marking: cages and boxes Instructions for the construction of boxes Sheldon, J & Williams, A 1977.20:21-24 19-20 suitablefor the keepingof waders Keeping-cages andkeeping-boxes Clark, N.A 1986.46:32-33 21-22 Curlew, crampandkeepingcages Leg paralysisin capturedwaders Furthernoteson Curlewcrampandkeepingcages Capturemyopathy('cramp') in waders Occurenceof 'cramp' in a catchof Bar-tailed GodwitsLimosalapponica Possiblecapturemyopathyin Bar-tailedGodwits Limosalapponicain Australia Leg 'cramp' andendoparasites Valium againstleg crampin waders Bainbridge,I 1976.16:6-8 25 Green, G.H 1978.24:24 25-26 Stanyard,D.J 1979.27:19-21 26-28 Stressmyopathyin capturedwaders Minton, C.D.T Catching, ringing and marking: cramp studies Green, G.H 1980.28:15 Minton, C.D.T 1980.28:15-16 29-30 29 Purchase, D & Minton, C.D.T 1982.34:24-26 30-33 Melville, D 1982.35:11 Piersma, T Blomert, A-M & Klaassen, M 1991.63:39-41 33-35 1993.70:49-50 35-36 1975.16:9-12 39-40 33 Catching, ringing and marking: nesting birds Methodsof catchingand studyingbreedingwaders Ferns, P & Green, G.H Methodsof catchingand studyingbreedingwaders Green, G.H., Ferns, P.N & - an addendum Bishop,R.M Methodsof catchingand studyingbreedingwaders Pienkowski, M.W - continuedagain Catchingbreedingwaderson their nests Koopman,K & Hulscher,J Lessells, K & Leslie, R Alternativewadercatching 1976 17:21-24 41 1976 18:14-15 42 1976.19:17-19 43-44 1977.20:17-21 44-46 Bulletin69 Special Issue July 1993 ii Wader StudyGroupBulletin Whencitingpapers reprinted in thissupplementary Bulletin,donotusethisBulletinvolumenumberorpagination, otherwisebibliographic chaos will ensue! ! Please usetheoriginalcitation whichisgivenhereandin thetitleheader foreachpaper Title Authors Original Bulletin citation Pages in this volume Catching, ringing and marking: rings and flags RingingOystercatchers Rings above the 'knee' Ringwear on Turnstones Anon 1976.18:17 49 Anon 1977.20:8 49 Clapham,C 1978.23:32 49 Leg 'flags': temporarycolourrings Goodyer,L.R., Symonds,F & 1979.25:12 50 Evans, P.R Permanentleg flags Are waderflocksrandomgroupings? - Clark, N.A 1979.26:19 Harrington,B.A & Leddy,L.E 1982.36:21-21 51-52 a knotty problem Rationaleandsuggestions for a hemispheric color-markingschemefor shorebirds: Myers, J.P., Maron, J.C., Ortiz E.T., Castro G.V., Howe, M.A., 1983.38:30-32 52-54 a way to avoid chaos 50 Morrison,R.I.G & Hardngton,B.A Catching, ringing and marking: radio-telemetry Radio-trackingof GoldenPlover Pluvialis apricaria chicks Yalden, D.W 1991.63:41-44 57-59 Attachmentof radio-transmitters to sandpipers: Wamock,N & Wamock,S 1993.68:28-30 60-61 review and methods Catching, ringing and marking: estimating mortality Estimatingpre-fledgingmortalityfrom ringing data:a proposal Estimatingthe pre-fledgingmortalityof waders: a commenton Yates' proposal Estimatingpre-fledgingsurvivalrates:a request Yates, B.J 1981.33:1 65 Redfern, C.P.F 1982.34:12 Green, R.H 1984.40:7 66 Mead, C 1983.39:61 69 Gromadzka,J & Przystupa,B 1984.41:19-20 65-66 for information Morphometrics: plumage and ageing Giving detailsof agefor Oystercatchers on BTO tinging schedules Problemswith the ageingof Dunlinsin autumn Ageingcriteriafor Dunlins Furtherobservations onthewingplumageof Dunlins Axillary featherscolourpatternsasindicatorsof the breedingorigin of Bar-tailedGodwits The headpatternof Black-wingedStilts Ruffnet:a ringingstudyof plumageand behaviouralpolymorphisms in Ruff 69-70 Clark, N 1984.42:39 70-71 Gromadzka, J 1985.44:32-33 71-72 Nieboer, E., Cronau,J., Letschert,J & van der Have, T 1985.45:34 Xeira, A 1987.50:29 Lank, D.B & Piersma, T 1988.53:4-5 On the rate of changeof moult scoresin waders Unbendingmoult data Summers, R.W 1976.16:24 Summers, R.W., Swann, R.L & Nicoll, M 1980 30:12-13 Estimatesof the durationof primarymoult of Summers,R.W 1981.33:5 73 74 75-76 Morphometrics: moult the Redshank Bulletin69 Special Issue July 1993 79 80-81 81 Contents •i• Whencitingpapersreprintedin thissupplementary Bulletin,do not usethisBulletinvolumenumberor pagination, otherwisebibliographic chaos will ensue!! Please usetheoriginalcitationwhichisgivenhereandin thetitleheaderforeachpaper Title Authors Original Bulletin citation Partialprimarymoultin first-spring/summer CommonSandpipers Actitishypoleucos Estimatingthe parameters for primarymoult- Pages in this volume Nicoll, M & Kemp, P 1983.37:37-38 82-83 Underhill, L.G 1985.44:27-29 83-85 Kania, W 1990 60:17-19 86-88 Underhill, L.G & Summers, R.W 1993.71:29-31 88-90 a new statistical model The primarymoultof breedingDunlinsCalidris alpina in the centralTaymyr in 1989 Relativemassesof primaryfeathersin waders Morphometrics: measurement and adult biometrics Shorten, M 1975.15:12 Summers, R.W 1976:17:10-11 93-94 Seasonalchangesin bill lengthsof Knots,anda commenton bill measuring techniques for waders Total headlength A simple'head-and-bill'rule Correctmeasurement of the wing-lengthof waders Pienkowski, M.W 1976 17:12-14 94-95 Green, G.H 1980.29:18 Reynolds,C.M 1986.48:12 Evans, P.R 1986.48:11 Biometrics Englemoer,M., Roselaar,C.S., 1987.51:44-47 98-101 1988.52:9-11 102-104 Green, R 1984.42:36-39 107-110 Galbraith, H & Green, R 1985.43:16-18 110-112 Yalden, D.W & Yalden, P.E 1989.55:19-20 113-114 Holland, P.K & Yalden, D.W 1991.62:13-15 114-117 Grant, M.C 1996.80:53-54 117-119 Introductorystatistics1 Greenwood, J.J.D 1978.24:16-19 123-125 Introductorystatistics2 Introductorystatistics3 Introductorystatistics4 Introductorystatistics5 Greenwood, J.J.D 1979.25:24-27 126-128 Greenwood, J.J.D 1979.26:19-22 128-131 Greenwood, J.J.D 1979.27:31-33 131-133 Greenwood, J.J.D 1980.28:25-26 133-135 Random distribution Greenwood, J.J.D 1981.31:35 136-137 Wood, A.G 1986.47:17-19 137-138 WoodcockResearchGroup(IWRB) The valueof bill lengthsof museumspecimens 93 in biometric studies in waders 96 97 97-98 Nieboer, E & Boere, G.C Discriminantandgraphicalanalysesof Norwegian Wood, A.G Knotbiometrics: thesexandraceproblemrevisited Morphometrics: egg and chick growth Nomogramsfor estimatingthe stageof incubation of wadereggsin the field Theprediction of hatchingdatesof Lapwingclutches Estimatingthe dateof hatchingof eggsof GoldenPlover Pluvialis apricaria Growthof CommonSandpiperchicks Predictingthe hatchingdatesof Curlew Numeniusarquata clutches Statistics and data handling of birds in flocks: significancetesting A potentialbiasin log-transformed allometricequations Bulletin 69 Special Issue July 1993 Catching, ringing and marking: cannon-netting Catching, ringing and marking- cages and boxes Catching, ringing and marking- cramp studies Catching, ringing and marking: nesting birds Catching, ringing and marking: rings and flags Catching, ringing and marking- radio-telemetry Catching, ringing and marking- estimating mortality Morphometrics: plumage and ageing Morphometrics: moult Morphometrics: measurement adult and biometrics Morphometrics: egg and chick growth Statistics and data handling ... in the Wader StudyGroupBulletin WaderStudyGroupBulletin69, SpecialIssue.InternationalWaderStudies6 ISSN: 1354-9944 Catching and handling birds, and data: practical papers publishedin the WaderStudyGroup... WaderStudyGroup Bulletin Edited by David A Stroud and N.C Davidson WaderStudyGroupBulletin69, SpecialIssue International Wader Studies Published in 2003 Contents When citingpapersreprintedin thissupplementary... crampin waders Bainbridge,I 1976.16:6-8 25 Green, G.H 1978.24:24 25-26 Stanyard,D.J 1979.27:19-21 26-28 Stressmyopathyin capturedwaders Minton, C.D.T Catching, ringing and marking: cramp studies