I grew up with the luxury of frequent visits to the Sand Bluff Bird Observatory (SBBO), a large banding station in North Central Illinois. I learned about the banding process and how to properly hold, band and release birds. Lee Johnson: Master Bander and founder of the SBBO Not everyone has been fortunate enough to
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Each year during the month of May, Sand Bluff Bird Observatory (SBBO) hosts their Bird Fest. This festival centers around teaching the public about the wonders of birds, specifically focusing on the process of bird banding (or ringing). Each year we try to stop in for a little bit but this is also the weekend
Thanks to Birdchick who posted about a banded American Oystercatcher, we reported one that we found at South Beach, Massachusetts. Here we have AMOY “yellow #60” or who we’ve named Yogi as in the great baseballcatcher, Yogi Berra The American Oystercatcher or AMOY Banding project is a fascinating project focused on these fun shorebirds. Shortly
Our local bird banding station, Sand Bluff Bird Observatory, perhaps the finest in the midwest, had a surprising visitor today. A Lazuli Bunting showed up; the first one banded here! Normally Lazuli Buntings are found west of northern Illinois in places like Nebraska and the Dakotas. Lazuli Bunting Yellow-rumped Warbler Swamp Sparrow (was originally called
I just got my hands on last fall's banding season data at Sand Bluff Bird Observatory (SBBO) at Colored Sands Forest Preserve in Winnebago County. While I won't go through each species banded, I will try to give some of the highlights. First of all, there were two never before banded birds at SBBO: Bank
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