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Bitter Lake Bird Banding

  • Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:27 am

MAPS bird banding has been part of the Bitter Lake spring/summer routine for two years. The banding begins before sunrise (4:30 AM) hauling equipment to the staging area near the Pecos and setting up the mist nets. Volunteers then check the 12 nets on half hour intervals. Birds are placed in paper bags and brought to the staging area for weigh, condition, breeding status, influenza and feathers are then taken for DNA analysis and the bird released.

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