A Lesson In Banding

See how birds are banded by seabird biologists in the field.

Out on the Project Puffin island of Matinicus Rock, supervisor and seabird biologist Caroline Poli describes how to band a tern chick. Matinicus Rock is one of the seven Maine islands monitored by Project Puffin and the Seabird Restoration Program.

A Lesson In Banding

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