
Western Bird Banding Association
Bird Banding Opportunities
The following WBBA members have offered to make their banding operations accessible to visitors, apprentices, volunteers, guest banders, and/or the media. Contact them directly for further information and to make arrangements. In order to protect the email addresses on this page, we have made them "un-clickable." Please copy-and-paste into your browser/e-mail client.


NORTH AMERICAN BANDING COUNCIL
The North American Banding Council (NABC) promotes sound and ethical banding principles and techniques. They provide training resources and manuals for taxonomic groups including passerines, hummingbirds, raptors, shorebirds, and waterfowl. The NABC has also developed a 3-level certification process (Assistant, Bander, and Trainer). See the NABC website for further information.
CANADA
ALBERTA
>> The Institute for Bird Populations - dkaschube@birdpop.org - 609-892-0445 - www.birdpop.org
Don Stiles - stilesdj@shaw.ca (Calgary Area)
>> Beaverhill Bird Observatory - http://beaverhillbirds.com
Head Biologist - biologist@beaverhillbirds.com - 780-915-1301
BRITISH COLUMBIA
>> Rocky Point Bird Observatory - Ann Nightingale - rpbo@rpbo.org - 250-514-6450 - Rocky Point Bird Observatory (Capital Regional District)
>> Andrew C. Stewart - andy.stewart@shaw.ca - 250-477-1328
MEXICO
OAXACA & VERACRUZ
>> Tierra de Aves - www.tierradeaves.com/
Manuel Grosselet - birdinnet@yahoo.com.mx - 55 10 69 83 39 - (Minatitlan) - Veracruz information sheet
COSTA RICA
>> Costa Rica Bird Observatories - www.CostaRicaBird.org
Pablo Elizondo - jpelizondoatpifcostarica.org - +001-506-8834-4858
UNITED STATES
ALASKA
>> Alaska Songbird Institute - https://aksongbird.org/education/volunteers/
ARIZONA
Maricopa & Mohave Counties
>> Chrissy Kondrat - azdesertbird@gmail.com
Coconino, Pima, & Yuma Counties
>> Charles van Riper III - charles_van_riper@usgs.gov - 520-626-7027 - Charles van Riper, Ornithologist, Research Scientist
Pima County
>> Clait E. Braun - sg-wtp@juno.com - doves only
CALIFORNIA
Humboldt County
>> Klamath Bird Monitoring Network - www.klamathbird.org
C. J. Ralph - cjralph@humboldt1.com
Office: 707-825-2992, Cell: 707-499-9707
John D. Alexander - jda@klamathbird.org
Office: 541-201-0866, Cell: 541-890-7067
www.fs.fed.us/psw/locations/arcata/
Los Angeles & Kern Counties
>> Walter H. Sakai - danausakai@aol.com - 310-902-7551
http://homepage.smc.edu/sakai_walter/
>> San Fernando Valley Bird Observatory - Mark Osokow, mark.osokow@sfvaudubon.org
Marin County
>> Point Blue Conservation Science - http://www.pointblue.org
Palomarin Field Station - Diana Humple - dhumple@pointblue.org
Southeast Farallon Island:
Summer seabird research - https://www.pointblue.org/internships/volunteer-research-assistant-southeast-farallon-island/
Fall songbird research - Jim Tietz - jtietz@pointblue.org
Mariposa County
>> Barbara Robinson - indianpeakranch@sti.net - 209-966-5259 - hummingbirds only
Nevada County
>> Gold Country Avian Studies - https://goldcountryavianstudies.org/
Allison Nelson - nelson.allison@gmail.com
Orange County
>> Audubon Starr Ranch Sanctuary - www.starr-ranch.org/
Sandy DeSimone - sdesimone@audubon.org - 949-858-0309
Plumas County
>> Brent Campos - bcampos@pointblue.org - 707-781-2555 ext.331
Riverside County
>> Stephen J. Myers - stephenmyers@earthlink.net - 951-616-7578
San Bernardino County
>> Walter H. Sakai, danausakai@aol.com - 310-902-7551
http://homepage.smc.edu/sakai_walter/
San Luis Obispo County
>> Jodi L. Isaacs - jodiisaacs@parks.ca.gov - or jodiisaacs@sbcglobal.net - 805-458-3974
San Mateo County
>> Mel Preston - mpreston@pointblue.org
Santa Clara County
>> San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory - http://sfbbo.org/
Josh Scullen - jscullen@sfbbo.org
Tehama County
>> Brent Campos - bcampos@pointblue.org - 707-781-2555 ext.331
Ventura County
>> Simi Hills Wildlife Observatory - Mark Osokow - hopebird@lafn.org
>> Walter H. Sakai - danausakai@aol.com - 310-902-7551 - http://homepage.smc.edu/sakai_walter/
COLORADO
Multiple Counties
>> Colin Woolley - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - colin.woolley@birdconservancy.org
www.birdconservancy.org/what-we-do/education/bird-banding/
El Paso County
>> Fred Engelman - fcengelman@earthlink.net - 719.339.9691
El Paso and Teller Counties
>> Dave Elwonger - davidelwonger@msn.com
>> Dr. Oakleigh Thorne, II - oak@thorne-eco.org - 303-499-3647 (w) or 303-447-1769 (h) - www.thorne-eco.org
Clear Creek, Park, Summit, Larimer, & Grand Counties
>> Clait E. Braun - sg-wtp@juno.com - ptarmigan only
IDAHO
>> The Institute for Bird Populations - dkaschube@birdpop.org - 609-892-0445 - www.birdpop.org
MONTANA
>> The Institute for Bird Populations - dkaschube@birdpop.org - 609-892-0445 - www.birdpop.org
NEVADA
>> The Institute for Bird Populations - dkaschube@birdpop.org - 609-892-0445 - www.birdpop.org
NEW MEXICO
>> Borderlands Environmental Education and Research - Carlsbad, NM - Steve West- wthrswift@gmail.com, 575-302-6187
OREGON
>> Klamath Bird Monitoring Network - www.klamathbird.org
John D. Alexander - jda@klamathbird.org - Office: 541-201-0866, Cell: 541-890-7067
C. J. Ralph - cjralph@humboldt1.com - Office: 707-825-2992, Cell: 707-499-9707
www.fs.fed.us/psw/locations/arcata/
WASHINGTON
>> The Institute for Bird Populations - dkaschube@birdpop.org - 609-892-0445 - www.birdpop.org
King County
>> Daniel R Froehlich - dfroehli@u.washington.edu - 206-685-9866
Pierce County
>> Michelle Blanchard - 21meadowlarks@gmail.com
>> Daniel R Froehlich - dfroehli@u.washington.edu - 206-685-9866
Skamania County
>> Catherine J. Flick - stewart@gorge.net / flick@gorge.net - 509-493-1195
Snohomish County
>> Daniel R Froehlich - dfroehli@u.washington.edu - 206-685-9866
Thurston County
>> Michelle Blanchard - 21meadowlarks@gmail.com
WYOMING
>> The Institute for Bird Populations - dkaschube@birdpop.org - 609-892-0445 - www.birdpop.org





Please let us know if you would like your banding operation/program to be added to this list.
Email WBBA Secretary Eva at evadgruber@gmail.com OR Membership Coordinator Dani atdkaschube@birdpop.org


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