washed up at the seashore may have 

 bands on them. Fishernnen sometimes 

 catch banded birds in their nets and 

 on their lines. Sometimes banded 

 ducks are found in beaver and muskrat 

 traps. 



What To Do When You 

 Find a Band 



When you find a band, straighten it 

 out and attach it securely to a piece 

 of heavy writing paper. With the 

 band send in the following informa- 

 tion: 



1. Your nanne and address (plainly 

 printed) 



2. All letters and numbers on the 

 band 



3. The date you found the band 



4. The place where you found the 

 band (nearest town, with County 

 and State) 



5. Tell how you found the band ( on a 

 bird found dead, shot, trapped, 

 or some other way) 



6. Place in an envelope and send 

 to the following address: 



Bird Banding Office 

 Patuxent Wildlife Research 



Center 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife 



Service 

 Laurel, Maryland 



What do you do if you find a live 

 banded bird? Do not remove the band 

 but read the number on the band, 

 write it down, and release the bird 

 carefully. We may learn more about 

 where it goes or how long it lives. 

 Send in all the Information you can 

 about finding the banded bird to the 

 Bird Banding Office. If it is a tiny 

 bird you will not see the name and 

 address of the Service on the band; it 

 will be on the inside of the band. 

 There isn't room for it on the out- 

 side. And rennember, don't take the band 

 off, you might injure the bird. Later you 



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Goslings are bonded on their northern nesting 

 grounds. Where the birds go loter is very important 

 to wildlife managers. 



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Banding gave us this picture of the Arctic Tern's 

 long migration route. 



