Bird Banding at Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
It is pretty general knowledge that many species of birds migrate as the weather starts to get cold. But the details about which species migrate, when they migrate, where they go, and which populations stay as year-round residents are best answered through long-term research projects such as bird banding. Although there are a variety of methods employed by researchers to capture birds for banding, the most common method is mist netting. Mist nets are made of practically invisible thin nylon…