Sentences with phrase «metal leg bands»
Metal leg bands, each with a unique code, will help biologists identify birds that are recaptured in the future, or help identify remains if the bird is found dead.
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BUBBA»S BBQ JOINT — You're seated at a Formica - topped table that must have been stolen off the Sanford & Son set - one metal leg broken but held up by an upended tomato juice can, cobwebs dangling from the underside of one chair, a sticky substance on one corner of the table attracting a marching band of ants, another corner chewed away with obvious teeth marks.
Banding, in which small metal rings are attached to a bird's leg to allow identification when the bird is caught later on, often has a success rate as low as 2 percent.