A female yellow-rumped warbler sits snagged in a net, hidden among trees swaying in the breeze on a sunny spring day at Iona Beach Regional Park near the Vancouver International Airport.
The small songbird had been making her way north along the Pacific flyway when she was caught at the popular stopover for dozens of species of songbirds heading up and down the West Coast as the seasons change.
The warbler is safe, her capture organized by the non-profit Wild Research. The organization trains budding conservation scientists to gather data on the birds and place a small band around their legs to track them.
“Bird banding is an amazing opportunity to get up close
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