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of the net. After s few observe!ions it became obvious that the birds tended 
to land in a certain area before fanning out to feed. He had a great deal 
mom success by setting the net up in this area than where they were actually 
feeding. The not was first set without any camouflage, but after one or two 
firings, they soon became wary of the area and avoided sitting in front of 
the net although they would sit togaed lately behind it and on each end and to 
front 'rust out of range. We then started placing grass cuttings over the 
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net, completely hiding it from view. She birds never seemed to be disturbed 
by this ratter straight line of grass in the middle of a black patch of earth. 
The largest number of turnatonee taken to one firing was 158 bird© of 
which 31 were recaptures. We took as many as 321 in one day by setting up 
the net and firing twice to one day. This practice of firing twice to one 
day was usually avoided as the birds would be skittish after the first shot. 
We alternated between killing fields, so as to give the birds a chance to 
settle down for one day without being disturbed. The only two exceptions 
to this were when the schedule of the seal killing crews coincided with ours 
and we were unable to work to that area. The other exception was during heavy 
rains. At this time the ground would be so waterlogged that the net would 
saturate the birds by pressing them into the soil. The net would also become 
waterlogged and would not extend, properly* 
It took approximately two and one half hours to remove 138 birds from the 
net, band them and color-iaaik them with Internetional orange paint. The 
turnstones were quite fatigued after this length of time to the net. Being 
heavy with pre-migratory fat, many were not able to fly and would sneak off 
