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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.

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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

https://www.pointblue.org/internships/conservation-science-internships-at-the-palomarin-field-station/

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

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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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"A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise." - Aldo Leopold

 

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