Links of Interest

Wide-scale Programs Using Banding

• Canadian Migration Monitoring Network
• Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship
• North American Waterfowl Management Plan
• Pan American Shorebird Program
• Project Owlnet

Canadian Bird Banding Observatories

• Atlantic Bird Observatory
• Beaverhill Bird Observatory
• Delta Marsh Bird Observatory
• Fundy Bird Observatory
• Haldimand Bird Observatory
• Holiday Beach Migration Observatory
• Innis Point Bird Observatory
• Last Mountain Bird Observatory
• Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory
• Long Point Bird Observatory
• McGill Bird Observatory
• Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory
• Rocky Point Bird Observatory
• Toronto Bird Observatory
• Thunder Cape Bird Observatory
• Whitefish Point Bird Observatory

Banding Suppliers

For a complete listing visit the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory site

Regional Bird Banding Associations

• Ontario Bird Banding Association
• Eastern Bird Banding Association
• Inland Bird Banding Association
• Western Bird Banding Association

Other Sites of Interest

• Bird Studies Canada
• Birdband Listserv
• Canadian Council on Animal Care
• Master Guide to the Warblers of Canada
• Nature Instruct
• Ornithological Worldwide Literature (OWL)
• University of Puget Sound Wing Photo Collection
• Western Hemisphere Bird Banding Network

Publications of Interest

• Canadian Atlases of Bird Banding
  - Volume 1: Doves, Cuckoos, and Hummingbirds through Passerines, 1921-1995
  - Volume 2: Seabirds, 1921-1995
  - Volume 3: Raptors and Waterbirds, 1921-1995
• Canadian Council on Animal Care: Guidelines on the care and use of wildlife
• CCAC Species-Specific Recommendations on Birds
• Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research
• North American Bird Banding Manual
• The Identification Guide to North American Birds: Part I by Peter Pyle
• Errata for The Identification Guide to North American Birds: Part I by Peter Pyle
• Ageing North American Landbirds by Molt Limits and Plumage Criteria: A Photographic Companion to the Identification Guide to North American Birds, Part 1, by Dan Froehlich
• Species, Age and Sex Identification of Ducks Using Wing Plumage by Samuel M. Carney (1992)

International Banding Links

• Avian Demographic Unit, University of Cape Town (South Africa)
• Australia Bird and Bat Banding
• British Trust for Ornithology (U.K. and Ireland)
• Catalan Ornithological Institute (Spain)
• Copenhagen Bird Ringing Centre (Denmark)
• EURING The European Union for Bird Ringing
• European Colour-ring Birding
• Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle - Centre de Recherches sur la Biologie des Populations d'Oiseaux (in french)
• The Ornithological Society of New Zealand