Featherbed Lane Banding Station
Goals and projects
Old Field Succession: The longest running project at Featherbed
Lane has been monitoring the changing bird use of abandoned hay fields as
they develop into forest. Click here to view Power Point Presentation. View a video of Hannah Suthers "Bird Woman of the Sourlands" with her presentation of this topic.
MAPS: The station has participated in the Monitoring Avian
Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program since its inception in
1989.
Alder Flycatcher (HY) 2 Sept 2001
Empidonax Flycatcher Identification:
Development of a flow-chart type key to identify the species of
Empidonax flycatchers in the Eastern US based on the data in
Pyle's Identification Guide to North American Birds.
Speedy Pyle: Conversion of the data in Pyle's Identification
Guide to North American Birds into Field Reference Tables.
Ticks and Lyme Disease: Collection of Ixodes ticks found on
birds, and DNA testing for Lyme Disease bacteria.
Banding Techniques: Development of improved techniques for
band removal.
Data contributions to:
New Jersey Breeding Bird Atlas
New Jersey Herp Atlas
New Jersey Vernal Pools Inventory
Cornell Birdcast Radar Migration Studies
National Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count
There are opportunities for volunteers and bander
trainees. The station welcomes visitors by prior arrangement. Contact
hsuthers@princeton.edu or the FBLS Staff for
information.
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