A professional who traps birds to serve as brood stock, or for exhibition, extermination, identification, or relocation. Respnsibilities include:

• Selects and sets traps, nets, or cages according to size, habits, and habitat of bird and reasons for trapping.
• Walks about area to drive quarry toward traps or net or patrols trap-line periodically to inspect setting.
• Releases quarry from trap or net and transfers it to cage.
• Kills birds or secures identification tag to bird and releases it.
• May locate and flush ground birds into nets, using dogs.