Bird is the word

[gemfyre]

[Poll #550491]

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[mexicanjewlizrd.livejournal.com]

All except "Banded/flagged a bird".
Years of volunteer work at a native wildlife refuge :-)

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

Held a bird that travels around 24,000km per year

Okay, which species?

[mexicanjewlizrd.livejournal.com]

I honestly can't remember.
And I could be wrong about the distance. But more than a few seabirds and migratory feathered creatures have come through.

[stawberi.livejournal.com]

Once a pelican tried to eat my head, but it was in a zoo so I don't think that counts.

[firvulag.livejournal.com]

i only ticked the ones i know i've done. not sure how bizarre any of the moults i saw were at the cannon netting, and no idea how far the birds i held there travel.

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

If you held something other than a stilt, avocet or tern you heard a 24,000km bird. :)

[littlelemming3.livejournal.com]

I caught a hummingbird in my bare hand once. It was tired, of course; it had been buzzing around my elementary school classroom for an hour.