A tufted titmouse is the center of attention during a Birds and Breakfast program held Jan. 17 at Hobbs State ...
On Saturday morning I joined an overflow crowd of birding enthusiasts at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area for a celebration of World Migratory Bird Day. The event consisted of a number of ...
“Does your group band black skimmers?” was the title on an email to the nsaudubon.gmail.com account. “Today, I photographed one with a YELLOW BAND and the NC Audubon researcher tells me that this is a ...
For as long as Daniel Lombardi can remember, a camera was never too far from his hands. At first something to play with while ...
It was a slow morning for catching birds at Indiana Dunes State Park on Thursday despite using four nets, but Indiana Dunes Birding Festival participants got to see a variety of birds being studied by ...
One of the best tools for hummingbird tracking is through banding, which involves placing a numbered metal ring on a bird’s leg and then releasing it. When that individual is captured or found again, ...
That silvery band around a bird’s leg is much more than a simple ring of aluminum. “There’s almost an entire history in each band,” said bird bander Meredith McBurney of the Rocky Mountain Bird ...
It is always exciting to harvest a banded bird and to find out the information about that bird like where was it banded, how old it is and where it has traveled. These questions are usually answered ...
One of the great things about birding is you never know what you may experience. In May, I wrote of a chance encounter with an American badger that gave me a stare down for a good 10 minutes before I ...
Quarry Hill Nature Center hosted their monthly bird banding event on Sunday, August 3, 2025 in Rochester. People are encouraged to join and help in catching, banding and releasing birds to collect ...
On Saturday morning I joined an overflow crowd of birding enthusiasts at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area for a celebration of World Migratory Bird Day. The event consisted of a number of ...