Birds are monitored by putting a ring on their leg. The ring can then be used to identify the bird if it’s captured or seen with a telescope/binoculars/camera by someone else, or if their carcass is found. Typically it’s just a small metal ring but these days multiple colored rings can also be used, those are put into a public database that anyone can use to identify the bird and see where it has been spotted, when it was ringed, how old it is etc.
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toynbee@lemmy.world 1 month ago
What does “ringed” mean in this context?
kootepe@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
toynbee@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Gotcha.
I was familiar with the concept but not the phrasing. Thanks for the edification!
Klear@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Cause if you wanted to track it then you should have put a ring on it
i_love_FFT@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
The birb accepted their wedding proposal 💍