Another CES session in the mangroves

Up at 4:15 to go and set the nets at the mangrove constant effort site in the mangroves. Six nets produced 48 birds from 6 :oo until 9:30 when the nets were closed due to windy conditions.

Caught some nice birds including the following:

White breatsed whistler - a nice female

Sacred Kingfisher a nice immature bird with an amazingly big bill ! Similar useful comments on sexing in the Ozzie banders manual as the British manual !

Broad billed flycatcher - an immature showing the pale tips to the greater coverts and contrast between lesser coverts and greater coverts

A great morning but yet to catch a male White breasted whistler !