Additional Resources

Recommendations for Banding During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Covid19 NABC_March 2021

Guide to Banding Programs in North America

English: Guide for Banding Programs in North America ENGLISH 20190103

Guia de Programas del Anillamiento en Norte America

Español: Guia Anillamiento NA 20190103

Tracking Your Progress:

Hummingbird Bander’s Checklist

Lista anotada NABC del anillador para passerinas y afines

Banders’ Health and Safety:

Zoonotic Disease Potential Exposure Alert – US Geological Survey – National Wildlife Health Center

Banding with the Public:

Mist Netting with the Public -A guide to communicating science through bird banding. By Melissa Pitkin

Instructional Videos:

How to Tie a Mist Net Pole. By Long Point Bird Observatory

Setting up a Mist Net Alone (Espanol). By Manuel Grosselet – Tierra de Aves

Useful publications:

Spotswood, E.N., K. Roesch Goodman, J. Carlisle, R.L. Cormier, D.L. Humple, J. Rousseau, S.L. Guers, and G.G. Barton. 2012. How safe is mist netting? evaluating the risk of injury and mortality to birds. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 3:29-38.

Fair, J., E. Paul, J. Jones, and L. Bies, Eds. 2023. Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research. Ornithological Council. http://www.BIRDNET.org

Mackenzie, S.A., and M. Gahbauer.  2014.  Guidelines for prioritizing bird safety during high capture events.  North American Bird Bander.  39(2)61-65.

Commentaries:

NABC for Academics By Erica Dunn

Is Bird Ringing still necessary? By Ian Newton

The Wildlife Professional Why Band Birds Commentary:

Original Point-Counterpoint Article: Is It Time to Halt Bird Banding?

Point-Counterpoint Rebuttal: Why Bird Banding Should Continue

Call for Retraction: Bird Banding Opinion Piece Raises Objections

Age and/or Sex Determination:

Piranga – A bird-bander’s aid to identifying, ageing and sexing North American birds