Opa

Here is a good picture of my Opa (my mother's father). He would band birds to track various data such as migration patterns and what-not. He did have a particular method of catching the birds which was quite amazing. You see he was raised by mockingbirds for a time and he learned how to imitate other birds calls. Now as an adult and living as a human he would call the birds into his area. He would be in the forest in his secret lare and from this postition he would woo the bird into perfect spot to make his grab. Then when the barometric pressure was correct he would just reach out and grab the bird, ofcourse, this was done very quickly. It would be so quick infact that the bird would only know that he was at one moment sitting contently on a branch and the next in the strong clutches of a slightly angry looking German man. He would then carry the bird around a while and then band them. He did this a great deal and finally one of them became the band "The Byrds".