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mist-netting

 

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Mist-Netting

Noun: The act or technique of catching birds or bats using fine nets, usually made of nylon, that are nearly invisible when deployed.

Example sentences:

  1. I volunteered to participate in mist-netting birds for a conservation project.
  2. Mist-netting is a common method used by researchers to study bird populations.

Verb (Present participle): The act of using mist nets to catch birds or bats for scientific or research purposes.

Example sentences:

  1. The ornithologists spent the whole night mist-netting owls in the forest.
  2. We will be mist-netting in the marshlands to capture and band waterfowl.

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