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Category Archives: News

Fall Banding Season

August 1, 2012by Blue Ridge Bird Observatory

Southern Appalachian Raptor Research will commence fall migration banding at Big Bald on August 29, 2012. The banding station will be open sunrise to mid-afternoon most days through October, weather […]

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The Amazing “Blue-headed” Junco

July 31, 2012by Blue Ridge Bird Observatory

Big Bald Banding Station recently received an amazing visit from an ‘old acquaintance.’  A male Slate-colored Junco was re-captured on August 31, 2011,  sporting adult plumage and wearing a very worn […]

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A.T. Journeys

July 15, 2012by Blue Ridge Bird Observatory

Southern Appalachian Raptor Research was featured in the July-August 2012 edition of A.T. Journeys, the magazine of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.  Click here to view a copy of the article, […]

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Vacation Bird School

July 13, 2012by Blue Ridge Bird Observatory

Southern Appalachian Raptor Research offered a week of Vacation Bird School (VBS) in the Big Bald habitat, July 9-13.  Students explored the wonderful world of birds through daily expeditions into […]

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Kestrel Banding

June 28, 2012by Blue Ridge Bird Observatory

Southern Appalachian Raptor Research collaborated with NC Wildlife Resources Commission to band American Kestrel nestlings in nest boxes placed throughout Sandy Mush State Gamelands.   Click here to view a video […]

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Cowee 2012

June 23, 2012by Blue Ridge Bird Observatory

Students from the Snowbird Cherokee Language School visited MAPS at Cowee Mound on June 20. Forty birds of thirteen species were captured and banded, including Cedar Waxwings, fledgling Orchard Orioles, […]

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MAPS Program

June 10, 2012by Blue Ridge Bird Observatory

Southern Appalachian Raptor Research operates three MAPS stations throughout western North Carolina. MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) is a nationwide program coordinated by the Institute for Bird Populations to […]

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