<![CDATA[Fattest greenfinch banded so far this year, the whole 32.3 grams.]]>Fattest greenfinch banded so far this year, the whole 32.3 grams. Second year female 🐥

Handled with a license.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/a0c06494-f9a5-4dd4-9c5f-0e76241ea5a3/fattest-greenfinch-banded-so-far-this-year-the-whole-32.3-grams.RSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 15:36:52 GMTThu, 16 Apr 2026 08:43:59 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Fattest greenfinch banded so far this year, the whole 32.3 grams. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:57:06 GMT]]>@stragu @birdsarah I always heard them called "film canisters"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://birdbutt.com/users/colinstu/statuses/116415203017301388https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://birdbutt.com/users/colinstu/statuses/116415203017301388Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:57:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fattest greenfinch banded so far this year, the whole 32.3 grams. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:54:07 GMT]]>@birdsarah into the bird tube!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pandapla.net/users/gothpanda/statuses/116415191300180837https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pandapla.net/users/gothpanda/statuses/116415191300180837Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:54:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fattest greenfinch banded so far this year, the whole 32.3 grams. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:47:22 GMT]]>@birdsarah The loud, RAUCOUS laughter this startled out me, oh my God. People are looking at me from across the quad.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.eternalaugust.com/users/earthshaking/statuses/116415164761661126https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.eternalaugust.com/users/earthshaking/statuses/116415164761661126Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:47:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fattest greenfinch banded so far this year, the whole 32.3 grams. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:43:04 GMT]]>@birdsarah it's honestly my favorite thing that the apparent offical technique to weigh birds is just "put that little fool into a tube facedown"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://critter.cafe/users/sudo_EatPant/statuses/116414911882300222https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://critter.cafe/users/sudo_EatPant/statuses/116414911882300222Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:43:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fattest greenfinch banded so far this year, the whole 32.3 grams. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:25:11 GMT]]>@stragu back before most photography was digital, you had to put blank film rolls into your camera which you had to send in to companies developing the film roll into actual photos. These rolls came in these tiny cute plastic cups which were very useful to store small stuff once the photos were developed. I still have some ancient ones around to store seeds for example 😁 @birdsarah

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/DrJLecter/statuses/116414605643029173https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/DrJLecter/statuses/116414605643029173Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:25:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fattest greenfinch banded so far this year, the whole 32.3 grams. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:45:59 GMT]]>@birdsarah hm sorry but can you explain a bit more about the method to weigh these smol birbs, that looks so funny 😂
What's a film roll cup?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.indie.host/users/stragu/statuses/116414451500196389https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.indie.host/users/stragu/statuses/116414451500196389Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:45:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fattest greenfinch banded so far this year, the whole 32.3 grams. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:44:31 GMT]]>@birdsarah it's not a very dignified posture on the scales 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/karhutar/statuses/116414445742107978https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/karhutar/statuses/116414445742107978Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:44:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fattest greenfinch banded so far this year, the whole 32.3 grams. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:03:53 GMT]]>@birdsarah That third picture 😭

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/Sylvhem/statuses/116414285980885233https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/Sylvhem/statuses/116414285980885233Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:03:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fattest greenfinch banded so far this year, the whole 32.3 grams. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:26:59 GMT]]>@birdsarah

I love the weighing mechanism 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://autistics.life/users/Uair/statuses/116413904957609933https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://autistics.life/users/Uair/statuses/116413904957609933Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:26:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fattest greenfinch banded so far this year, the whole 32.3 grams. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:48:59 GMT]]>@birdsarah Cool!]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.trom.tf/objects/dbc8dc44-9769-e0b0-8b81-4aa683374125https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.trom.tf/objects/dbc8dc44-9769-e0b0-8b81-4aa683374125Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:48:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fattest greenfinch banded so far this year, the whole 32.3 grams. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:38:31 GMT]]>@birdsarah the third picture looks so funny! Not for the finch of course.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/AzureKingfisher/statuses/116413714361291306https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/AzureKingfisher/statuses/116413714361291306Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:38:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fattest greenfinch banded so far this year, the whole 32.3 grams. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:37:40 GMT]]>@paul_cS should not be too stressful no! they're only in there for a matter of seconds, and it's the last thing we do before releasing them - entire banding process goes quite quickly, and they're inside a dark bag (calms them down) until we handle them

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/birdsarah/statuses/116413711010095880https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/birdsarah/statuses/116413711010095880Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:37:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fattest greenfinch banded so far this year, the whole 32.3 grams. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:35:44 GMT]]>@moiety upside down in a cup prevents it from flying off while being weighed, the top of the wings are trapped inside and it's dark inside so it's not too stressful

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/birdsarah/statuses/116413703404145512https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/birdsarah/statuses/116413703404145512Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:35:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fattest greenfinch banded so far this year, the whole 32.3 grams. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:24:36 GMT]]>@birdsarah thank you for sharing your insights! weighting the bird looks a bit funny and I hope its not too stressful for them. 🐦

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/paul_cS/statuses/116413659618450203https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/paul_cS/statuses/116413659618450203Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:24:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fattest greenfinch banded so far this year, the whole 32.3 grams. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:23:34 GMT]]>@birdsarah the 3rd photo is just glorious.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/tlohde/statuses/116413655556125619https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/tlohde/statuses/116413655556125619Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:23:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fattest greenfinch banded so far this year, the whole 32.3 grams. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:22:28 GMT]]>@birdsarah Never saw this hilarious way of putting a bird on a scale 😁. Seems to work pretty good though.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedifreu.de/users/maikek/statuses/116413651285432983https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedifreu.de/users/maikek/statuses/116413651285432983Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:22:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fattest greenfinch banded so far this year, the whole 32.3 grams. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:18:15 GMT]]>@birdsarah seeing her put in face first a cup looks so funny

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://is.nota.live/users/ida/statuses/116413634672589915https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://is.nota.live/users/ida/statuses/116413634672589915Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:18:15 GMT