Catching,tagging,and releasing birds

Yes... It is Good to learn new things about bird.... Probably we cannot have so much of birds with us... We may be a bird lover..... But, we don't have much land and finance to them get along us... Thanks to the Nature Center... we can visit all of the birds in one place....

I've heard about the tagging and releasing of the birds and then collecting the information later when they were caught. But I've never had the experience of seeing it with my own eyes like you. We have had them hit our windows and knock them out. My husband and grandchildren have picked them up and held them until they were able to fly again. The picture below is my 14 year old grandson petting a mourning dove that was sort of knocked out in our yard. He sat there probably 15 or 20 minutes trying to get it to eat and petting it. He finally put it on the ground and it didn't move for awhile. It finally got up and flew a few feet. We don't know if it was okay or not since it never came back into our yard. Have you ever had the chance to hold a hummingbird? One flew into my back door and my husband picked it up. They are SO small!

I have not. It must be very interesting to see. I do however know someone who does it. He actually goes to the university of MN and does this as part of his class work.

hi Grandpa Bob I never have watched the tagging of birds up close but I did watch a fascinating video on t v about the' catching, and tagging,and releasing of birds.It was really quite'interesting and very informative. I have also watched a study on the habits of deer in my home state of South Dakota which was also interesting.

Hi GRANDPA BOB, What a lovly little bird, I bet he was scared, it is nice to know thar people are taken care of thos birds and studing them. Tamara

People here do it on our eagles to keep track of their migratory patterns, where they live, propagate and thus, will help scientists to help preserve these endangered species.

I have never witness anything like that before. But it would be an experience of a lifetime. As i enjoy animals and nature. My husband says I am an animal and nature freak. I am such a softy for them. You bet ya, with out nature and animals, what else is there to look at when I am mad at the world?

[i]Hi Grandpa B, Ohhh..sounds new to me, haven't heard about that! That's cool! I wonder if they will recognize the bird next time they will catch it! Anyway, sounds interesting! [/i]

I have never seen them tagged for release - though I have seen some in the wild that were already tagged. we have had a special chicken pair that were tagged for a breeding project - they grew a bit after we received them and those tags started to dig into their flesh - it was really difficult to remove them after that.

I have not personally witnessed the catching, tagging and releasing of anything but it does sound exciting. I have seen on TV where they do get eggs of the Ridley Sea Turtles here on our beaches and after they hatch they tag them and when they are old enough to make it on their own out in the waters they release them, they are so cute all those little turtles scooting off to the water. We have an aquarium here that also has birds and sometimes they will take care of injured birds and when they are well they will release them also.

that will be a great experience holding a bird in your hands, I love birds very much and love to hold some

...A few years ago, the wild elk in lower Michigan just wondered out of the woods and came into the town of Gaylord. They were penned, taged and released. I saw them while they were penned behind the hardware store and you could see the tages in their ears. We were not around to see them released. I was wondering if they were taken back to Pidgeon River State Forest, where they had come from. ...When I was a teen, in high school, there were announcements they were going to bring a pack of wolves from Isle Royal to Pidgeon River in order to keep the elk herd healthy and numbers in check. I can remember seeing them air lift the crates into the park on the news. Within a year, all of the wolves had been poached. ...About twenty years ago, I was hiking with my boyfriend at the time, his 3 year old son and my lame dog. We stopped to watch a porcupine up in a tree and as we stood there we heard wolves baying all around us. It was one of the most exilerating and frightening experiences I've had in the woods yet. We quickly went back to my Jeep. ...When we talked to a DNR officer, he said they were just coyody. I'm smart enough to know coyody do not pack, they are solitary creatures and I have heard a coyody before. It is not what I heard that day in the woods. I suspect they are keeping the fact they have another pack of wolves in the park a secret. ...Anytime I can get out and into the woods makes me a happy camper. I'm headed up this weekend to check on my cabin. I can't wait! ...Thanks Grandpa Bob. Peace be with you. =(^;^)= Della

I don't like these

catching,tagging of birds doesn't sound good but this action will kill the freedom of birds i hate to disturb the comfort of any one in the world but to save them by the use of vaccines to protect some species from extincting it is our responsibility to protect those guys because we shouldn't let some mistake to be done on our presence or known to us

I work at a wild bird rehabilitation centre in ontario canada. So I have seen the release of many birds. Everything from Chickadees and Finches to hawks and a juvenile bald eagle. There is definitely nothing like being able to release a bird that came into you almost on deaths door.