Budding Birders Meet Tom
Logan, Maddie and Lilly with Tom (check out the Mon@rch tattoos)
By: Pat Coate
My sister and her young family recently visited and we had a wonderful morning learning more about birds and getting to see them up close at Tom’s banding site in Napoli. Tom is very knowledgeable, gracious, and a born educator.
What fun we all had – as expressed so well by Maddie: “Bird banding was awesome! You should have seen the birds that were there!” Here are some pictures from our birding experience.
Off to check the nets
Processing Station: Species, Banding, Weight, Wing Length, Gender, Age
Wood Thrush
Baltimore Oriole (female)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (female)
Logan and his favorite part – letting the birds go
Maddie releasing Common Yellowthroat
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Bird banding is a great experience, especially for young folk. It’s a wonderful outreach to them.
Kudos to Tom and thanks for the post!
3 August 2010 at 5:34 pm
So sorry that I wasn’t able to make it for MAPs any time this summer, but I just returned from Costa Rica doing field work. I will definitely try to get down there to do some birding before the summer ends.
3 August 2010 at 9:47 pm
Man I’m sorry I missed it this year too-great posting!
10 August 2010 at 12:07 pm