Using playbacks of chick vocalizations to locate and capture breeding Red Knots
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Pages
252 – 256
Published
1 December 20
Authors
James A. Johnson, Lucas H. DeCicco, Nicholas R. Hajdukovich
DOI
10.18194/ws.00206
Correspondence
James A. Johnson
jim_a_johnson@fws.gov
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Management, 1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA
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Use of recorded chick calls is an effective technique to locate and capture Red Knots and other shorebirds during brood-rearing. We provide details of how to attract and catch adults with flightless and flighted young, and occasionally adults without young, using mist-nets and a bow-net. We also recommend best practices for determining the site of capture, processing the birds, and their release.