Each band reported by hunters is essential for detecting changes in waterfowl populations and for setting hunting regulations ...

For more than a century, the Bird Banding Laboratory has placed small metallic bands on the legs of birds across North ...

One of the best tools for hummingbird tracking is through banding, which involves placing a numbered metal ring on a bird’s ...

Data collected from each bird can be used to estimate age-, sex- and species-specific survival probability, harvest rate, derivation of harvest, recovery rate and band reporting rate for each species.

What we’ll lose if bird banding ends Scientists have tagged birds for more than 100 years. That preservation program might be defunded.

Bird banding has long been a valuable tool for studying the movements of migratory birds, providing essential insights into their migration patterns, behavior, and ecology. However, despite ...

On an early October morning in Sunset, just before sunrise, voices can be heard in the tall brush on a secluded 7-acre property full of native Louisiana plants and trees.

Co-operatively run by Canada’s banding office and the American Bird Banding Laboratory, this program relies on the public to report sightings or recoveries of bird bands and other avian markers.

The federal government has been banding birds for more than 100 years, providing essential data that keeps waterfowl seasons humming from California to New York. Now, conservation groups worry ...

One of the trained banders, Mitchell Pruitt of Fayetteville, used special pliers to crimp a feather-weight aluminum band with a number on each bird.

Birders and birds from across the country are flocking to Fort Morgan to celebrate the Year of Alabama Birding with a banding event. Fort Morgan is the last bit of land before the 500 to 600-mile f… ...