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单词 bird ringing
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Definition of bird ringing in English:

bird ringing

noun
mass nounBritish
  • The practice of catching birds, marking them with an identifying band around the leg, and then releasing them.

    North American term bird banding
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bird ringing for scientific purposes started in Denmark in 1889, when H.D. Mortensen released Starlings that were fitted with metal rings engraved with successive numbers and a return address.
    • This year, the ‘Delhibird’, group and the Bombay Natural History Society organised a three-day bird ringing camp at Basai, a swampy bird-rich habitat just outside Gurgaon (Haryana).
    • All birds were caught with mistnets at night on intertidal flats in the Wadden Sea (under Dutch bird ringing center license numbers 851 and 351 for knots and turnstones, respectively).
    • Most activities start from 10 am and include nature trails, bird ringing, hurdle making (fashionable this), charcoal, wood turning and pole lathing.
    • In the late 1950s when youthful Chris Mead was bird ringing at Barn Elms Reservoir, I was an even younger budding ringer at Beddington Sewage Farm, and we often caught each other's birds.

Derivatives

  • bird ringer

  • noun
    British
    • A qualified bird ringer and trainer, Geoff has considerable experience of European species identification.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Up until last year, the only way to get involved in bird migration studies was to go to the coast or to train as a bird ringer.
      • The museum encourages ornithologists and bird ringers to donate samples to our collections.
      • Once you have qualified as a bird ringer, you may take interested people with you on your ringing trips.
      • The group consists of several bird ringers who are licensed by the British Trust for Ornithology.
      • It is usually only bird ringers who carry-out survey work in reedbeds who are lucky enough to see them.
 
 

Definition of bird ringing in US English:

bird ringing

noun
British
  • The practice of catching birds, marking them with an identifying band around the leg, and then releasing them; bird banding.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Most activities start from 10 am and include nature trails, bird ringing, hurdle making (fashionable this), charcoal, wood turning and pole lathing.
    • This year, the ‘Delhibird’, group and the Bombay Natural History Society organised a three-day bird ringing camp at Basai, a swampy bird-rich habitat just outside Gurgaon (Haryana).
    • In the late 1950s when youthful Chris Mead was bird ringing at Barn Elms Reservoir, I was an even younger budding ringer at Beddington Sewage Farm, and we often caught each other's birds.
    • All birds were caught with mistnets at night on intertidal flats in the Wadden Sea (under Dutch bird ringing center license numbers 851 and 351 for knots and turnstones, respectively).
    • Bird ringing for scientific purposes started in Denmark in 1889, when H.D. Mortensen released Starlings that were fitted with metal rings engraved with successive numbers and a return address.
 
 
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