Tag: ornithology

#69: Behind the Scenes of Bird Banding with Dr. Katie LaBarbera of the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

April 24, 2023

Have you ever wondered how bird banding works? How the birds are captured, safely handled, and released? And why is it done at all?

Common Yellowthroat, photo courtesy Katie LaBarbera

Thanks to Dr. Katie LaBarbera, Science Director for the Land Bird Program at SFBBO, we have you covered. … More #69: Behind the Scenes of Bird Banding with Dr. Katie LaBarbera of the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

#33: Dr. Andrew Farnsworth – Predicting Bird Migrations with BirdCast

November 8, 2021

Summary My guest in this episode is Dr. Andrew Farnsworth.  Andrew is a Senior Research Associate in the Center for Avian Population Studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and has a BS in Natural Resources from Cornell University, MS in Zoology from Clemson University, and PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Cornell. Andrew … More #33: Dr. Andrew Farnsworth – Predicting Bird Migrations with BirdCast