Watching mannikins
We just found the grey-headed mannikins for the first time... thus the big smile.



Grey-headed Mannikins



Grey-headed Mannikin












Setting up nets



Watching the nets



Our nets



A full net!



Extracting birds



Teaching the ornithology students to take birds out of the nets



Me and Peter (and friends)





Taking blood samples



Taking a blood sample



Blood samples



Measuring a Grey-headed Mannikin



Beak measurement



Tail measurement



Teaching the ornithology class




Grey-headed Mannikins in a bougainvillea bush





Hooded Mannikin (regarder bien la sous-espèce !!)



With a Streak-headed Mannikin



Tommy, expert field ornithologist



Just Hanging Out
This little guy just doesn't seem to realize that he's free to fly away. Or he's just really comfy in my hand.

Mannikin Hypnosis
Jake discovered that if you release them slowly in this position, the birds will just lay still in...






Text by Katie
Photos by Tommy
Compilation by Aurélien LEQUOY

Hello Aurelien
Very nice Photos , thanks for the show

Is the Streak-headed Mannikin a L.t. tristissima or a calaminoros ?

it's a L.t. calaminoros

Do you have this subepecies ?

No I have not, I have only Munia pallida and M. maja

Streak-headed Mannikins , there are probably not in Germany
Excuse my bad English

Hello Aurelien,

many thanks for those wonderful photographs of the grey-headed mannikins. We don´t have any of them in Europe in our aviaries. But I think, it´s much more satifying to watch them in their natural habitat...
Wonderful coulours - the lighter lower beak, the yellow rump and tail...
Where did you find the flock of the grey-headed munias?

Greetings,
Steffi

Hello Aurélien,

indeed, beauty shots. I've never seen fotos of M. cancieps anywhere near the quality shown here.
I was wondering what kind of project is going on there? Is this an academic group doing research on the birds (it looks pretty well organized and professional, blood samples taken, possibly for genetic studies?). Is there more info or a contact person?

Best regards,
Sven

Schönen Dank für die wundervollen beeindruckenden Bilder die in sehr guter Qualität sind.Toller Bildbericht zu einer interressanten Nonnenart
Lieben Gruß
Uwe

photos of Greg MILES

Bloooooody nice pictures, damn keep up this work.


What kind of work will these do for ?

Zitat von Jannick

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Bloooooody nice pictures, damn keep up this work.


What kind of work will these do for ?

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