Bander 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:

NABC Bander’s Checklist For Passerines and Other Landbirds

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:

The Use and Application of Hard Metal Bands. By Environment Canada

Utilisation et Pose de Bagues en Métal Rigide. By Environment Canada

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.

Howes, L. A., and A. J. MacDonald. 2016. Guidelines to minimize disturbance of colonial-breeding waterbirds during research activities. Picoides 29(1): 10-12.

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

Photos illustrating age and sex determination (mostly of European species)

Bluebonnet Bird Monitoring Program – Wing Photos **No longer available**

McGill Bird Observatory Photo Library

Landbirds:

The Pyle Guide, the standard reference on identification, age, and sex determination of North American passerines and near-passerines

Tabular keys to many North American landbirds

Mourning Dove – NABC Species Account

Common Nighthawk – NABC Species Account

Training Package on Moult and Age Determination of European Species **No longer available**

Catharus thrush identification

Holiday Beach Migration Observatory Photo Quiz on Eastern Landbirds

Trapping and Handling Techniques:

Capture and handling techniques (prepared for avian flu sampling)

Removing birds from nets using the body grasp method

Station Protocols:

Long Point Bird Observatory Migration Monitoring Protocol

Bluebonnet Bird Monitoring Program Operational Protocol

Rapid Ornithological Inventory

NABC Station Signs:

If your station is managed by a certified NABC Trainer, NABC encourages you to please post these signs to help promote NABC activities and standards.