Bird Banding Trip

While AppSciComm is covering most of the cost (thanks to a generous NASW Peggy Girshman Idea Grant), we're asking participants to chip in $15/adult and $5/child. Space is limited. Rain date is Sunday, Oct. 17, same time and place.

Bird banding is the process of capturing wild birds with special nets to record valuable data that allows scientists to better understand how bird populations are changing. This data can also provide critical insight into the health of an ecosystem where birds are indicator species, informing conservation efforts. Birds are identified with a metal leg band should they ever be re-captured or recovered. All birds are released unharmed after the banding process. Banding operations are federally regulated by the Bird Banding Laboratory and run by highly-trained individuals. 

Our bird banding excusion will be led by Nick Liadis, an avian conservation biologist and the founder of Bird Lab, an organization dedicated to…