will receive a letter from the Bird 

 Banding Office telling you where the 

 bird was banded, what kind it was, 

 and who banded it. The person who 

 banded it will also learn that you 

 found the band. Each year more than 

 40,000 band recovery reports are 

 processed and acknowledged in the 

 Bird Banding Office. 



This Carolina Chickadee was banded November 1956. 

 It returned to the same trap where it was photographed 

 January 1960. 



We Must Work Together 



Birds pay no attention to State or 

 National boundaries. From our band- 

 ing work we have learned that nnany 

 species of birds have long migration 

 routes that carry them through or 

 into a number of countries. A species 

 may nest in Canada, migrate through 

 the United States, and winter in Mexico 

 or Central America. Sonne go on down 

 into South Annerica, others cross the 

 Atlantic Ocean to Africa. For this 

 reason, if bird banding is to be 

 worthwhile, many groups nnust work 

 together. The bird-banding work and 

 study of bird migration and distribu- 

 tion are the particular responsibility 

 of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and 

 Wildlife. But the Bureau must have 

 the help of State conservation de- 

 partments and of private groups and 

 persons interested in conservation. 

 People in Canada and Mexico as well as 

 people in sonne South American Re- 

 publics help us trace the movements 

 of many far ranging birds. 



As we have seen, some birds (very 

 important to us, too) spend parts of 

 each year in different countries. 

 These birds need places to feed and 

 rest safely wherever they go. Pro- 

 tecting and feeding them in one country 

 is not enough. All the countries 

 through which they pass must be 

 interested in saving thenn. Bird 

 conservation is not one country's 

 problem; it is an international 

 problem. 



Like most of our migrating birds, the American Red- 

 start crosses international boundaries between nest- 

 ing and wintering grounds and is protected by 

 international treaties. 



A female Purple Finch lies quietly in the bander's 

 hand. 



