Ducks Driven into a Duck Trap for Banding, Brooks, Canada, 1949

In the foreground is a small temporary enclosure, make of nets suspended from short poles; in the net are a large group of Ducks. In the middle ground are three people in front of an air boat that is parked on the shore of a body of water. A couple of the people are sitting or kneeling down, working with something (not visible)
Photo By/Credit

Robert W. "Bob" Hines

Date Shot/Created
07/01/1949
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
"Flapper" Ducks driven into the trap for banding. Birds are all Puddle ducks, mostly Pintails and Mallards. Part of join operation with Canadian wildlife authorities. Near Brooks, Alberta, Canada, July 1949. Photo by Bob Hines.
Subject tags
Bird banding
Boats
Equipment
History
International conservation
Migratory birds
Waterfowl