North American Banding Council (NABC) Training Opportunities

Although the NABC does not sponsor specific training sessions on banding and related skills, many opportunities are available for training.  If you know of additional opportunities that should be listed here, please send them to the Training Chair, John Alexander (jda@KlamathBird.org).

 

• Band-it Training (offered by the Bird Banding Laboratory) is listed on the BBL website at http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/resources/bandit/workshops/ 
  Contact Frances Hicks (fhicks@usgs.gov) for specific time and location information.

 

• Introductory Bird-Bander Training, August 16-23, 2008
  Puget Sound Bird Observatory's Cascades Banding Camp trains teens and adults in bird-banding techniques. Learn how to band birds in Washington's Cascade Mountains. This seven-day camping adventure will feature riparian and mountain birding and banding at several locations with opportunities to see and possibly handle great Northwest birds like Williamson's Sapsucker, Hammond's Flycatcher, and MacGillivray's Warbler.

      The training will focus on the basics of net placement, bird handling and net extraction, ageing and sexing, with special emphasis on molts and plumages. Banding will occur on seven mornings with seven nights of camping at a semi-remote campground.

      No birding or banding experience is necessary. Fee - $700 or $650 for PSBO members, plus $50 for books. Limited financial aid is available. Fee includes food during the camp.

      For more information and to register, please check out our website at http://www.pugetsoundbirds.org/index.php?pg=classes

 

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Page last updated: Sun, Aug 2, 2008
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