bird banding

We watch two snowy plover chicks get banded at Deer Lake. Shorebird banding has uncovered valuable information about species affected by habitat loss.

We head to the “snowy plover factory” on St. Joseph Peninsula. North Florida’s well protected, natural beaches are a haven for threatened shorebird species.

Jim Cox bands a seven day old red cockaded woodpecker and takes a group of FSU Biology students to a fire dependent, old growth longleaf pine forest.

Oberon and Titania’s martial strife has led to ecological upheaval. But what does that have to do with the Henslow’s sparrow and old growth longleaf pine?

The Tally SciGirls help tag a rare Bachman’s sparrow, handle snakes, and learn fire ecology at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.