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| I am a Master Bird Bander
(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service permit # 22030). I have been banding for
about 15 years. I was a subpermittee under Norm Hogg, who was my Master
Bander. I became a Master Bander in 1997, when Norm died unexpectedly.
My emphasis has been to teach and train students how to band birds;
thus, most of my help has come from present and former students from
Santa Monica College. In addition, a few volunteers have come from
National Park Service and from the general public. Because
my focus is to teach students, my banding work covers a wide arrays of
habitats. Thus, we typically band around 1000-1500 birds of 60-80
species each year.
NEW One of my bander has been putting photos of some of the birds we encounter on her blog. Check it out! The first link, Birding by Feather: a Molt Primer, by Peter Pyle is a series of digital photographs accompanied by a basic review of molt and plumage terminology. This is a wonderful clear introduction and a must reading for any bird bander wanting to understand this complicated topic. It is best to print this on a good color printer. The second link is an accompanying article, A Birding Interview with Peter Pyle, about playing black jack, reading Tao te Ching, passing out in the jungles of Guatemala, photographing great white sharks, and having a giant in birding for a father. Peter Pyle's humble journey to eventually write the "bible" of bird banding, now simply called "Pyle." This is short equivalent to E.O. Wilson's autobiography, The Naturalist. The article offers hope to the many young, starving, itinerant field biologists.
Western Bird Banding Association Who can I call to take care of this
bird? MORE ABOUT MY BANDING STATIONS SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS HIGH DESERTS MONTANE Some not-so-recent (5/02) pictures of birds banded at the James Reserve. Garner Valley BLUEBIRD BOXES NEW BANDING STATION? BIRD BANDING RESOURCES Primer
for New (& old) Banders -
hints increasing your fitness as a bird bander. |
Common Poorwill banded at Zuma Canyon 20 Feb 2006 as a SY bird (see another picture below). TABULAR PYLE At present, one of my major focuses is working on the Tabular Pyle. Some 400 species accounts have thus far been completed, and others are being written on an irregular basis. BIRD BANDING LINKS: Links on birds:
Cryptic COPO sitting on ground
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| Last updated 27 May 2009 | ||
