Median (minimum–maximum) venous blood gas and lactate values for House Sparrows sampled from the jugular vein promptly following capture by mist net and banding (n=18, except for lactate where n=17; median 12 min, range 5–23 min after contacting mist net), or sampled following a delay (n=18; median 54 min, range 50–69 min). Wilcoxon rank sums tests; bold and * indicate that a significant difference remains following Bonferroni correction for multiple simultaneous inferences. TC = temperature-corrected to 41 C.