Did I miss a photo or an piece in one of the articles? I didn't see the female in any of the actual banding photos ... I did she her in the hand, but not in any of the photos where they are actually banding. Also didn't reading anything about trying to make her trust humans ... did I miss an article? Am I wrong?
As a biologist and former hack site attendant, the last thing I want is for the birds to trust me, a healthy suspicion of me and all my ilk is desireable. Don't want them panicked into doing something dangerous (which usually equals tragic) but suspicious and ready to commit grevious bodily harm, yes. From the photos (just the photos) it looks like when they went out on the roof to retrieve the chicks, she stayed in the box, which for us has meant, remove mom first, then remove chicks while dodging mom's attempts to do damage. Since other photos show that the guys had to clamber back aways to get back inside, I assumed they removed Mom and either let her go and retrieved chicks or retrieved chicks then let her go before heading off the roof to go inside to band the chicks. Particularly since there are flight shots that look big enough to be the female ...
So did I miss something in the articles or blogs?