MAPS

Staff from the Pocono Avian Research Center will be banding birds on the following days from 7am to 10am at the Kettle Creek Environmental Education Center:  Wednesday, July 11; Saturday, July 21 and Tuesday, July 31. The public is invited to visit the bird-banding station to learn about songbirds of the Poconos.  MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) is a continent wide effort coordinated by the Institute for Bird Populations in Point Reyes Station, CA.  PARC has been involved in the MAPS project since 2000.  The MAPS study period for our region is from late May through August.  The study includes constant effort mist netting, bird banding, breeding bird surveys, data management and a vegetation analysis at each research site. During the breeding season, many songbirds will return to nest in the same location as they have for many years. Adult birds that are banded are recorded and this information is then compared to past years. Many times we find that the adults are located near the same net they have been in the past.   Please Note:  Contact PARC if you are interested in attending a birdbanding day or for information about weather and postponements at 570-236-3008 or visit their website at http://www.poconoavianresearch.org/

Venue: Kettle Creek Environmental Education Center
8050 Running Valley Rd
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
Phone: (570)629-3061