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A report written by Wesley H. Bartlett describing the history of bird banding, including a brief overview and timeline of the practice of banding started by Audubon in 1803. Also covered are the qualifications a person must meet to be a small bird banding station operator, details on the reporting of bird banding activities, descriptions of the birds banded and later captured (return, repeat, or foreign return), and the type of baits and traps to use in order to maintain safety for the birds. Also includes details on the count and species of birds banded at Parsons College.
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Title:
Summary of bird banding
Creator (Person):
Bartlett, Wesley H.
Date Created:
1937-04-01/1937-04-30
Description:
A report written by Wesley H. Bartlett describing the history of bird banding, including a brief overview and timeline of the practice of banding started by Audubon in 1803. Also covered are the qualifications a person must meet to be a small bird banding station operator, details on the reporting of bird banding activities, descriptions of the birds banded and later captured (return, repeat, or foreign return), and the type of baits and traps to use in order to maintain safety for the birds. Also includes details on the count and species of birds banded at Parsons College.
Subject (Topic):
Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Migration Ornithology--Methodology Owls Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
Subject (Person):
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
Subject (Organization):
United States. Bureau of Biological Survey Fairfield Bird Club American Bird Banding Association
Location:
Iowa Parsons College
Latitude:
42.00027; 41.01669
Longitude:
-93.50049; -91.96684
Language:
eng
Source:
Fairfield (Iowa) Bird Club Records
Call Number:
MS 386
Box:
1
Folder Number:
10
Finding Aid Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9px8v
Contributing Institution:
Iowa State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Publisher:
Iowa State University. Library
Extent:
11 pages
Genre:
reports
Type:
Text
Format:
image/jpeg
Digital Collection Title:
Fairfield (Iowa) Bird Club collection
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9r785p8g
Related Resource:
Avian Archives of Iowa Online (avIAn)
Avian Identifier:
10379
Identifier:
fairfieldbirdclub93
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9cr5nh56

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