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[โ€“] toynbee@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What does "ringed" mean in this context?

[โ€“] i_love_FFT@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 day ago

The birb accepted their wedding proposal ๐Ÿ’

[โ€“] kootepe@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Birds are monitored by putting a ring on their leg. The ring can then be used to identify the bird if it's captured or seen with a telescope/binoculars/camera by someone else, or if their carcass is found. Typically it's just a small metal ring but these days multiple colored rings can also be used, those are put into a public database that anyone can use to identify the bird and see where it has been spotted, when it was ringed, how old it is etc.

[โ€“] toynbee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Gotcha.

I was familiar with the concept but not the phrasing. Thanks for the edification!

[โ€“] Klear@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Cause if you wanted to track it then you should have put a ring on it