41. Do It Yourself: Bird Watching Aside from appearance, one of the best ways of identifying birds isby knowing the songs and calls of individual species (figure H). http://www.diynet.com/diy/hb_bird_watching/article/0,2033,DIY_13872_2276390,00.h

SEARCH HOBBIES Index Beading Bird Watching Cigars ... Wine BEST OF HOBBIES SPONSOR LINKS Birder's Guide Bird Identification From " DIY Bird Watching " episode DBW-104 advertisement The male rose-breasted grosbeak is identified by it's black head and the bright red triangle on its breast. The female has a less striking color pattern, and is mostly brownish and white with a streaked pattern. It is found in the northeast and central US in deciduous forests and areas with heavy growth of shrubs and trees. Figure A Figure B Figure C Figure D Figure E Figure F Figure G Figure H Figure I It's estimated that there are 70,000,000 avid bird-watchers or "birders" in the US. This episode of DIY's Bird Watching serves as a birder's guide, providing information about bird identification methods, field guides and bird-watching tools such as binoculars and telescopes. In later sections, birding-related travel is discussed and instructions are provided for building a nesting shelf for robins. There are numerous ways to participate in the hobby of birding. Aside from simply viewing birds in nature, avid enthusiasts engage in numerous other activities. Some of those may include: feeding birds, providing nesting sites or birdhouses, growing specialized plants and gardens to attract birds, traveling to nature sanctuaries and other bird-watching locales, keeping lists and notes on birds seen in the wild, making diagrams and sketches ( figure A ), and spending hours trying to snap the perfect photograph of a favorite bird species (

42. Atlas 2 Introduction Novice birders should start atlassing with more experienced ones at leastuntil they become more confident about identifying birds correctly. http://birds.rhyme.com.au/intro.html

Home Atlas Info Maps Contacts Register! Links ... Login Atlas 2 Introduction Fieldwork for the first Atlas of Australian Birds project took place from 1977 to 1981, and formed the largest environmental mapping project ever to have been carried out in Australia. Thousands of volunteers from the Australian community - people like you and me - joined in an adventure in which we visited every single one-degree square in Australia and recorded the birds we saw. More than twenty years later, that information still forms the most comprehensive picture of the distribution of our birds across the nation. Now the second Atlas project has begun, a new endeavour to update and refine the picture, and we want you to get involved as an Atlasser so that we may better understand our wild birds and so better protect them and the various habitats in which they live. Why a new Atlas now? The time is ripe. We need an updated Atlas because there have been many changes within the Australian natural environment over the last 20 years. Native vegetation has been cleared, coastal development has expanded with increases in the human population, pastoral development is changing northern Australia, and the creation of roads, dams, irrigation projects and tree-planting programs all have effects on birds and other wildlife. Will atlassing be the same as before?

43. Birds & Bird Watching Science Activities identifying birds. In BIRDS you will Learn how this lift is caused by the feather sshape. 13) Bird Song Safari Learn how to identify birds by their songs. http://www.homeschoolscience.com/homeschool_science/birds.html

from Stratton House - Discovering Birds On this Page: Description Ordering Table of Contents Equipment List Go To: Home Page Product List FAQs Site Map ... Triple Sets Discovering Birds It's age appropriate for so many levels. My nine and seven year old daughters think of it as a toy and are always wanting to play with it. - Bonnie Damey, homeschooling mother of seven Identifying Birds In BIRDS you will: Make your very own WILD BIRD FEEDER! Learn the SECRETS of FLIGHT! Grab your field guide and go on a BIRD SAFARI! Write a letter with a quill pen that YOU MAKE! Feel the LIFT on an actual flight feather! SHARE BIRD WATCHING with your family! and many more. This kit is a nice mix of observing birds around your home, while doing activities on flight and feathers. Comes with 20 activities in 14 lessons, parent guide, binoculars, photo guide to backyard birds, and enough equipment for two children working together to share. All you need to provide is a soda bottle. Grades 1-8. (not shown) See this kit's: Table of Contents Equipment List Extra Parts Quantity Discounts ... Triple Set See a Sample Lesson Read a Mini-Review D ISCOVERING B IRDS Comes with Binoculars $31.95

44. The SASOL Bird E-Guide Step by step guide to identifying birds. To get you started, hereis a step by step guide to identifying birds. You can also go http://www.birdlife.org.za/fieldguide/help/stepbystep.cfm

Search Home Bird ID Wizard Fieldguide Bird ID Help ... BirdLife South Africa Step by step guide to identifying birds. To get you started, here is a step by step guide to identifying birds. You can also go straight to our printable "BIRD ID TEMPLATE" . Use this to note down the key features of any bird, so that you can later find out what the bird is. It is important that you record as much as you can about a bird, before rushing to a bird-book or this online guide! Take note of the size of the bird. This online field-guide uses several common birds as a basis for comparison, birds are either larger or smaller than a sparrow (mossie), laughing dove, or Guineafowl. When looking at a bird it is also useful to note the shape of a bird. Is it very elongated with long neck and tail, or compact. How long is the tail relative to the length of the rest of the body. The shape, size and colour of the bill. Many birds have distinctive bills, and this aspect of a bird is often very useful in placing a bird in a particular category. Bills usually tell one what the main type of feeding activity of a particular bird is. Seed-eaters have short conical bills, predatory birds have shortish hooked bills and ducks have flattened bills. Taking a closer look at the bills will help you narrow the bird down ever further. It is useful to note whether the bill was shorter or longer than the head, as this is a useful point of reference for remembering how long a bill is. The shape, colour and structure of the legs and feet.

45. Twitchers Are A Variety Of Birders Or Birdwatchers Dedicated To Building A Big L Once one had got into the fun and challenge of identifying birds, thenext step is to keep some sort of record of what you have seen. http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/4074/3twitch.htm

The Joys of Birdwatching - twitching, ticking and other mad stuff ! Twitching and ticking Powerbirding Home Why look at birds ? 1. Birds are the most beautiful and accessible animals on earth. Birds are literally everywhere, and if one appreciates nature, one cannot but appreciate birds. There is almost nowhere where you cannot find birds ! 2. There are a tremendous variety of birds. Worldwide there are 9730 different species. Birds exhibit a vast array of different behaviours, including many which humans can relate to. Many birds are sociable and exhibit a remarkable range of adaptive behaviours. Even some of the more common species (for example the Arrowmarked Babbler) have habits which bird scientists (Ornithologists) are only beginning to understand. 3. Bird-watching takes one to many of the most beautiful and wonderfully atmospheric places on earth. If you want to meet someone who has seen the country, and knows every hidden treasure - just find an obsessive birder. Quite apart from Forests and Mountains, Bushveld and Vleis, some of the most sought after birds are found out in the open ocean, in remote river valleys, close to famous waterfalls or even at the Big Hole of Kimberley ! What exactly is Birdwatching ?

46. Birdwatch Episode 205 Owls/Northwestern Backyard/identifying birds in the Field Host DickHutto is joined by Denver Holt of the Owl Research Institute in the Mission http://www.pbs.org/birdwatch/season2desc.htm

Episode Info Episode 201: Arizona Birding Hot Spot/Bird Baths/Hummingbird Haven Host Dick Hutto takes us to Arizona's Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, owned by the Nature Conservancy and one of the United States' premier birding hot spots. See the rare and beautiful Gray Hawk, nesting Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Lucy's Warblers, Yellow Warblers, and Wilson's Warblers, and the spectacular Vermilion Flycatcher. Craig Tufts then shows us how to place and care for birdbaths that draw birds into the yard. Dick visits with the Paton family and sees their hummingbird haven. Episode 202: Birding in a Burnt Forest/Bird Feeders/The American Dipper In the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness in eastern Idaho in a recently burned forest, host Dick Hutto leads us on a bird-watching trip to discover the role of fire in the lives of the American Robin, Mountain Bluebird, Townsend's Solitaire, Northern Flicker and especially the Black-backed Woodpecker. Craig Tufts sets up a spring and summer backyard feeding station to attract the greatest variety of birds. Dick visits with Sophie Osborn on a rushing stream in the Bitterroot Mountains of Montana to watch and learn about the American Dipper, North America's only true aquatic songbird. Episode 203: Urban Birding/Bird Feeding Basics/Why Male Birds are More Colorful Host Dick Hutto is joined by Sherry Williamson of the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory, for bird-watching opportunities in an urban area. See Mexican Ducks, Black-necked Stilts, nesting Harris' Hawks, Cinnamon Teals and take a trip up Sabino Canyon just north of Tucson. Craig Tufts talks with Melanie Perry about the proper ways to manage your feeding station. Dick asks Erick Green, who is working with Lazuli Buntings, why males are more colorful than females.

47. Birder's Journal: Looking At A Handy New Guide It also touches on identifying birds by their jizz, birding parlance for theunique impression a species conveys, even when glimpsed for a fraction of a http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/1023_021023_birdersjournal.html

Sign up for our free e-mail newsletter Also see: Today's Top Stories This Story E-mail this story Sponsored in part by Birder's Journal: Looking At a Handy New Guide Robert Winkler for National Geographic News October 23, 2002 When it was published two years ago, The Sibley Guide to Birds, written and illustrated by David Allen Sibley, was an immediate success. Anticipation was high because Sibley, a leader of birding tours and the son of a well-known ornithologist, had worked for 12 years on the guide and its 6,600 illustrations of 810 species of North American birds. He previously was the illustrator of Hawks in Flight and A Guide to Bird-Finding in New Jersey. With so many illustrations, including flight poses and identifiable variations of species, The Sibley Guide is much larger than competitors such as The National Geographic Field Guide and Roger Tory Peterson's classic Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America. In his Birding Basics, David Allen Sibley describes how to find, see, and identify birds. He describes flight behavior, feathers, and other detailed characteristics of birds such as the song sparrow, shown here. Photograph by Joe McDonald/CORBIS More News Kids News The Environment Travel National Geographic Channel Special Series Emerging Explorers TravelWatch National Geographic Out There Oceans ... Pulse of the Planet But size and a correspondingly hefty $35 cover price haven't hurt sales: about 700,000 copies of

48. Bird Songing: The Ecology Of Birds’ Songs And Identifying Them By Ear Workshop. by Daniel Edelstein, MS Do you enjoy identifying birds by their songs and calls,but wish you could improve your listening and identification songing skills; http://home.earthlink.net/~edelstein/songingsummary.htm

PLEASE GIVE THIS TO YOUR PUBLIC PROGRAM COORDINATOR SUMMARY For Evening Slide Show Program/Class/Workshop Presented by Daniel Edelstein, M.S. Do you enjoy Would you like to record Do you ever wonder why birds sing, how they learn their repertoires And what about the different non-vocal The answers to these questions and many others will be addressed in this program, which can range in length from an evening slide show presentation (of one or two hours) to a one to four-day class that combines daily indoor instruction and field trip experiences that employ cutting-edge recorders and microphones that capture songs and calls. ( A weekend Friday night-Sunday afternoon workshop is the most common and popular presentation format.) NOTE: Depending on the wishes of the group that invites the speaker, Daniel can vary his presentation to accommodate beginning, intermediate or experienced level birdwatching attendants. He is flexible and is glad to change his approach to fit the ideal needs of each group to which he speaks. Each student (at the extended class) receives a generous information handout packet of more than 50 pages, in addition to a bibliography related to bird song, bird behavior, and avian acoustical communication.

49. Bird Quiz There are also quiz programs for trees and flowers. If you are more interestedin identifying birds, see the bird identification page. http://www.realtimerendering.com/birds/birdquiz.html

Bird Quiz This page lets you set up a quiz about birds that you can take. You can tailor it to your particular preferences, or just hit "Create a Quiz" and take a general test. There are also quiz programs for trees and flowers If you are more interested in identifying birds, see the bird identification page How many questions would you like to answer? You can choose the types of questions you want to answer: Yes/No questions Which bird has this characteristic? Which characteristic does this bird have? For these two characteristics, which bird has both? For these two birds, which characteristic is common to both? You can select which characteristics you wish to be quizzed on: Action Size Shape Color Markings When and Where Habitat Location Behavior Calls and Signals Song or you can clear your choices by hitting You can choose what types of birds you would like to be quizzed on, as a group. Checking a characteristic in a group means birds in that group will be used for making questions. If you check a number of characteristics in one group (e.g. Action), birds with either of those characteristics will be part of the group (not just birds with both characteristics). If you check characteristics in different groups, the set of birds for each separate group is found, then birds that are common to all sets are used. Technically, within a group it's "characteristics OR char. OR char." and overall it's "group AND group AND group". Yes, this all sounds confusing, but the idea is that you can choose to be tested on birds that have in common two or more specific sets of characteristics from different groups. For example, if this program were for house types, there might be two groups

50. Wildlife Books From BookCatalog.info This book serves as a basic field guide for watching and identifying birdsfound in Idaho State. The fun begins with you identify your first bird! http://www.bookcatalog.info/adnonfiction/wildlife.asp

Home Cookbooks Activity books Poetry ... Children's Journals Wildlife Books Attracting Hummingbirds to Your Backyard The charm and beauty of bird watching will take on new dimension when hummingbirds visit you in your own backyard! Using the tips mentioned in this book the adventure will begin. Your whole family will enjoy watching these birds and learning more about their activities. This new adventure will make every day more interesting! Come visit our website at www.attractinghummingbirds.com LCCN #: applied for ISBN #: 1-59210-925-X comb-bound $15.95 plus shipping and handling ISBN #: 1-59210-926-8 e-book $12.95 electronic download ISBN #: 1-59210-927-6 printable compact disc $13.95 plus shipping and handling Birds of Idaho State A Field Guide for Bird Watching in Idaho State, 1 st Edition This book serves as a basic field guide for watching and identifying birds found in Idaho State. This is a great way to spend time with your family and at the same time teach them the wonders of nature. Identifying birds will become a passion when you discover how easy it is to use this guide that includes photos of each bird. The fun begins with you identify your first bird! Come visit our website at

51. Glacier Institute: Bird Programs Because of the dense vegetation on Glacier’s west side, we will emphasize techniquesfor identifying birds in dense cover including bird calls and songs and http://www.glacierinstitute.org/2004 Web/Courses/birds3.htm

CALENDAR OF EVENTS CONTACT General Information Course Calendar ... Youth and Science Adventure Camps Adult Programs : Wildlife Geology Cultural History ... TOP OF PAGE 2004 Glacier Institute Course Catalog Birds, pg. 3 next page Songbirds, Swifts and Swallow: Birding Glacier's West Side June 20 Lou Bruno or $100 in combination with Westside Birding / $120 includes FC lodging Birding Glacier's East Side 8 OPI 8 Moderate levels and credits G lacier's Birds of Prey June 22-23 Dave Shea, M.S . $130 / $150 (includes lodging at FC Glacier’s many powerful raptors exhibit tremendous skill and precision. Sharp talons and strong beaks are just two of the important adaptations that allow them to hunt on the wing. Join us to investigate the biology and conservation of Glacier’s hawks, eagles, owls, and falcons and examine the trends in recent population fluctuations. During our days together, we will discuss the life histories, physical characteristics, distribution, and management policies of all 29 species of birds of prey found in Glacier National Park. We will spend the first morning viewing slides and learning from a local raptor rehabilitator with several live birds.

52. ICF - Bird-a-thon - Newcomers 9462, x145). Worried that you are not very good at identifying birdsand won’t be able to participate? This is no problem! Anyone http://www.savingcranes.org/getinvolved/Bird-a-thon_newcomers.asp

Newcomers to the Bird-a-thon are most welcome! If you are new to the Bird-a-thon, we invite you to join ICF staff for a day in the field on May 15, 2004. We will explore the Baraboo Hills and other nearby areas. Each participant will enlist their own sponsors. Please contact Sally at ICF for more information or to sign up (sally@savingcranes.org, or 608-356-9462, x145). Thank you for your interest and support! Back to Bird-a-thon Main Page

53. Bird Behaviour identifying birds Acquiring this knowledge is crucial to pin pointingthe bird in the field and identifying it with confidence. http://www.ex.ac.uk/dll/env_studies/bird_behaviour.htm

DEPARTMENT OF LIFELONG LEARNING Bird Behaviour Course Tutor: Dr. John Twyford Course Code: LLN2032D Credits: 30 Level: 2 Duration: 15 weeks Starts: 14th Feb 2005 Module Fee: Course Description: Our understanding of birds is greatly enhanced once we acquire the skill of observing their behaviour. If you are fascinated by how birds behave then the most natural next step for you to take is to learn something about why they behave in the way they do. Learning how to study bird behaviour: The course is designed for you to reveal and extend your understanding of birds - their habits and behaviour. It will develop your field observation techniques so that you can compare, confirm and contrast your observational experiences with ornithological literature and findings. But, how can you represent your knowledge and understanding of birds? The intention here is not to require you to be a biological or zoological scientist but rather for you to employ empirical and theoretical scholarship, combined with your genuine interest in bird life. The study of birds is a facet of biological science, which, as in all study, requires growth and development in itself Ornithologists redognise that there are many gaps in our knowledge of birds. Perhaps this course might inspire you to pursue a detailed study which may reveal fresh insights into the lives of birds.

54. Learn About Birds for each species. This is an excellent book recommended by BirdwatchIreland to get you started on identifying birds. Click on the http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/bwi/pages092003/learnaboutbirds.html

Where am I : BWI Home Page Guess this bird. Click Image Registered Charity No. 5703 Please feel free to feedback any comments on this website or submit a general query to BWI. Submit a query here. Submit feedback on website here Learn about Birds Welcome to the section Learn about Birds. This is an educational section providing a whole range of information related to birds and birdwatching. The two Educational Web sites are geared towards schools teaching youngsters on bird migration and working with birds around the school. The Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQ ) link on the left provides answers to frequently asked questions on Garden Birds, Baby birds and Magpies. The Downloads link provides access to a downloads area where information leaflets in acrobat PDF format can be downloaded, for viewing and printing. These leaflets cover everything from feeding birds, gardening for wild birds, to optical equipment, nest boxes, hot topics on cats and magpies and other interesting information. The Bird Fact Sheets is a new planned section, which will provide profiles on all significant wild birds in Ireland.

55. North American Birds With Roger Tory Peterson Peterson s PerspectiveA marvelous ten minute movie in which hegives a short course on finding and identifying birds. Lifelist http://www.worldvillage.com/wv/cafe/html/reviews/nabirds.htm

content-type: text/html ROGER, YOU'D BE PROUD A Review of North American Birds with Roger Tory Peterson by Ron Enderland There are an estimated 65 million "birders" in the USA. These include folks with a wide range of dedication to the hobby, from professional ornithologists to more casual fans like myself. I don't travel to Alaska to see auklets, but I do feed around 400 lbs. of sunflower seed to the local population of feathered friends every winter! This exquisite program is aimed at those who have an interest in bird life. It's also entertaining enough to attract converts from among the population not yet captivated with birding. If you've ever pored through A Field Guide to Eastern Birds, then I guarantee that you will love this program. Basically, it's everything in the familiar reference work, as well as much information on western birds (from the Western Field Guide), bundled with a whole lot more. The opening screen gives you eight different directions to go. Upon initial install, you are defaulted to one of the choices, a short video of the master himself, Roger Tory Peterson. This was filmed shortly before his untimely death on July 28, 1996. He runs you through the options. These include:

56. Bird Matching Games Here s a chance for you to practice identifying birds before going out into thefield. To practice identifying birds, click on the orange button below. http://caplter.asu.edu/explorers/protocol/birds/gameintro.htm

Home Page What we're About Getting Started Protocols ... Find Bird Matching Games Here's a chance for you to practice identifying birds before going out into the field. To practice identifying birds, click on the orange button below. To test your identification skills, try the Bird Matching Games! Click on the green button below to play the matching games. Good Luck!! *Note: You will need the Flash Player plug-in on your computer in order to view the games. Please try to view them first. If they do not work, you can download the Flash Player here Also, these files are somewhat large, so it may take a minute or two for them to download if you have a slower connection.

57. National Audubon Society Field Guide To North American Birds: East : Revised Edi Customer Review 1 An Excellent Field Guide for Birders This is an excellentguide to identifying birds. The National Audubon Society http://www.outdoorshub.com/National_Audubon_Society_Field_Guide_to_North_America

National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: East : Revised edition National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: East : Revised edition by Authors: NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY Released: 27 September, 1994 ISBN: 0679428526 Turtleback Sales Rank: List price: Our price: You save: Book > National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: East : Revised edition > Customer Reviews: Average Customer Rating: National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: East : Revised edition > Customer Review #1: Great potential but bad design Field guides are great to have because theyre small and their entire aim is to help you immediately identify a bird you see before you. Every birder should have at least one field guide, and maybe even several - some to keep in the car or by a window. Being published by the National Audubon Society, youd expect this field guide to be top-notch, one developed and tested by thousands of birders. Indeed, the photos are very nice, full color and in native habitat. The descriptions are pretty complete - with size, key things to look for, song, hapitat. Theres a little map showing range, and the range is also described as well.

58. Welcome To Mooney Goes Wild On One its own or in a small flock of others of its own kind?Song and Call Sound is alsoimportant when identifying birds but is very difficult to describe in words. http://www.rte.ie/radio/mooneygoeswild/jimwilsonbirds/identification.html

Choose A Bird Robin Blue Tit Coal Tit Great Tit Long-tailed Tit Siskin Blackcap Chaffinch Greenfinch House Sparrow Dunnock Starling Rook Magpie Jackdaw Wood Pigeon Collared Dove Blackbird Song Thrush Mistle Thrush Sparrowhawk Grey Heron (Click any image to enlarge) Make Notes ! In this section I will show you some of the birds you are most likely to find visiting your garden or feeder. You will be amazed at the variety of colour and shape just outside your window. Get yourself a small notebook and pen to keep near the window that looks onto the feeding area. It is far easier and quicker to write down a quick note on your mystery visitor than to go searching through a bird book Identification Remember that different light conditions will change the appearance and colour of a bird. Also if they are wet from rain or washing they will change in appearance. Temperature will also affect their looks. In cold weather birds often puff out their feathers to trap air and keep warm so making them look much bigger than usual. In warm weather the feathers are flattened so making the same bird look much smaller. The important features to watch out for are: Size, shape and colour.

59. ASC Summer Sessions 2004 - Workshops And Institutes/Course Descriptions The primary emphasis of the course is identifying birds by sight and sound.The biology of individual species encountered will also be discussed. http://summer.adams.edu/asc2004_work_inst_descr.htm

Information For: Prospective Students Resources For: Current Students Extended Studies Search: Contact Us Site Map 208 Edgemont Blvd. Alamosa, CO 81102 Registration Information Admissions Information Housing Download Forms ... Summer Schedule Section Options Summary Listing Course Descriptions About Summer Links: Workshops and Institutes Summer 2004 please note - for a complete listing of available summer courses, CLICK HERE . We also have a printable version available by CLICKING HERE (PDF format, 5 pages, 119kb). Workshop Descriptions BIOLOGY Birds of the San Luis Valley [ top back to list BIOL 392 CRN 11382 BIOL 492 CRN 11384 The primary emphasis of the course is identifying birds by sight and sound. The biology of individual species encountered will also be discussed. The course will include a brief introduction to bird identification in the classroom, and the rest of the course will be spent finding and identifying birds in different habitats around the San Luis Valley. Participants should bring a daypack, binoculars, appropriate clothing, food, drink, and a field guide to bird identification each day. If participants do not already have a field guide, Peterson's

60. Interpreting Bird Bands In spite of the drawbacks of bands, no one has been able to come upwith a better method for identifying birds. Some veterinarians http://members.aol.com/PacificASC/artpg932.htm

Interpreting Bird Bands by Ginger Wolnik First published in The Pet Gazette, February 1993. Does your pet bird have a band around its leg? Have you ever wondered what bands mean? Well, a band can tell alot, or it might mean nothing. But if you buy a bird with no band at all, you have to trust the seller to provide you with all information about it. Bands are used by breeders to identify individual birds for record keeping. Imported birds must be banded to prove they passed through an authorized government quarantine station. In California, budgerigars (parakeets) must be banded to be sold at a pet shop. A lost pet can be positively identified if it has a numbered band. However, a band can be dangerous because a bird can snag and injure its leg. Breeders can accept an occational loss from this because of the greater benefit provided by indentifing their birds. The pet owner may not want to accept such a risk. If you decide to remove a band, it is best to have someone with experience do it because it is easy to injure the bird's leg. Your veterinarian can do this as part of a checkup. If a band is removed, the pieces should be kept for reference in case the bird is ever sold. There are two types of bird bands, open and closed. Closed bands are seamless and made from steel or aluminum. They are stamped with the year the bird was hatched. They usually contain other numbers and letters that may tell you the species, the breed, the breeder, and a "serial" number that can uniquely identify that bird. Closed bands must be put on the leg of the bird when it is a chick by slipping its tiny foot through the band. The bird grows and the band cannot slip back off. The only way to remove a closed band is to cut it off, which damages the band. Be aware that it is possible for a breeder to make or custom order closed bands with any information they want. So, a closed band only proves that the bird was raised in captivity. However, closed bands are usually reliable sources of information.

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