Ringing

At this time of the year we have to target species as they are passing through. On calm evenings we set up a net and tapelure swallows as they gather over the hay meadow at the chicken farm. These birds seem oblivious to Abdulla as he extracts the early birds from the net. We still haven't caught any adults this autumn. We keep expecting them as they usually show up towards the end of the migration. Perhaps they had a late nesting attempt this year?