Free Bird Monitoring Training: How to find and report color-banded birds

Offered by Puget Sound Bird Observatory (PSBO)

Learn more about PSBO’s Birds Wintering in Urban Landscapes project and how you can contribute. This project uses color-coded leg bands to track chickadees and juncos in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park. We need observers to help us find and identify color-banded birds to learn more about how they use the urban landscape throughout the winter. 

 

 The training will cover:

· The goals of the project

· Background about bird-banding and color-banding

· Identification of the target species

· How and where to search for color-banded birds

· How to read color bands

· How to report your findings

This class will be offered twice. Each session will cover the same material.

Saturday, November 14, 12 pm - 2 pm

at Shoreline Community College

AND

Sunday, November 15, 12 pm -2 pm

Near Shorecrest High School

Training is FREE—please contact Emily for more info or to register.

Photo of Oregon Junco by Mike Baird