Family Bird Banding Program at CT Audubon in Fairfield
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sat, 04/27/2019
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Learn about the fascinating bird banding process at a special family program, Saturday April 27, at Connecticut Audubon’s Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary in Fairfield. Includes a unique, up-close presentation by Master Bird Bander Judy Richardson, followed by a story, craft and walk in the sanctuary.
Learn how birds are gently captured with a fine mist net, measured, weighed and fitted with a light-weight identification band before being released back into the wild. Should a bird later be recaptured or recovered, it can be identified from its individually numbered band, and the data is recorded and sent back to the original bander and the Bird Banding Laboratory. From the information collected, scientists can determine where specific birds migrate to breed, where they spend the winter, whether species populations are rising or falling, and other details of their lives.
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