Studying flamingoes

How do you study the diet of a flying bird? Well, first. This necessitated wading out into Sowa Pan and hammering posts into the pan. Then, by means of nylon lines strung between poles, and loops we were able to hook Captured flamingoes were weighed and their wings measured.   to take samples of food in order to identify the types of algae that make up their diet, and compared them with the dominant algae species which occur in the pan waters. Dr Graham McCulloch also ringed the birds and attached radio transmitters to track their migration routes.