ROGERS --Hummingbirds and swallows might migrate thousands of miles in a year. Other birds stick closer to home. Tiny metal bands on the legs of birds large and small help wildlife professionals track ...
A handful of teenagers sits inside a dark conference room, eyes fixed on a window that faces a garden. They remain still and quiet to not scare away their targets, which fly around and only ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Every spring, countless birds visit Middle Tennessee during their migration. This month, Warner Park Nature Center is putting tiny bracelets on some of those birds to track ...
A swainson’s thrush banded at Gulf Coast Bird Observatory. When studying animals in the wild, researchers must often keep track of and identify individual animals. In ornithology, the study of birds, ...
“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 ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Middle Tennessee has a wide variety of wildlife and birds, and local and migratory birds are no exception. Birds migrate here during all seasons and right now, neotropical ...
The migratory warblers that fly thousands of miles during migration are looking for places like the maritime forest on Sullivan’s Island as a brief resting place. Biologist Sarah Harper is the ...
The Kingston Wildlife Research Station has been banding birds since 1956, making it potentially the longest-running station in America. Data from the station shows a dramatic decline in songbird ...
Imagine a world without birds. No flittering of tiny chickadees on branches. No mocking call from a black raven overhead. No ...
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. Teams of two or three spread ...
With spring migration picking up and warmer days ahead, researchers are preparing for another season of bird banding — an effort to understand how local birds are faring and future challenges they may ...