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The wild-caught birds were caught with a baited whoosh net as juveniles at the end of September 2009 from the same population as the hand-reared birds.

Initially five birds were caught and fitted with GPS monitoring systems, as part of the BTO's cuckoo tagging project.

"In addition, Ofcom noted that the birds were caught and killed in what appeared to be a fast and humane way with minimal suffering.

All birds were caught and displaced in the period 24 July–7 July, immediately before normal population departure (median departure date of eight tracked birds: 6 July14).

Birds were caught either by hand or with a neck noose and were returned to the entrance to their nest crevice and observed after handling.

Occasionally, someone would make a face and wave a hand around then cover their mouths and spit out a pellet of shot, but I suspect that most of these birds were caught in nets.

There are reports of the birds being caught and eaten in large quantities.

"These birds are caught in places like Walthamstow Marshes or the Lea Valley and are sold from cages outside shops.

At night the birds are caught by specially trained crews and placed into plastic or wooden transport cages.

The most treasured birds are caught in the wild, not bred, apparently because their song is all the more complex when it has been learned naturally.

Ms. Pelkowski and her colleagues at the center, the oldest sanctuary of the national Audubon Society, often invite the artist when migrating birds are caught in nets and tagged before being returned to the wild.