Weekend Field Trip: Bird Banding in Pomfret

A Red-breasted Nuthatch at a banding station.

Make a weekend field trip to our Center at Pomfret and participate in a bird banding demonstration by Andy Rzeznikiewicz, a licensed bird bander and the sanctuary manager at our Grassland Bird Conservation Center. 

The demonstration starts at 9 a.m. Saturday, September 28, at the Center at Pomfret.

Participants will get close-up views of songbirds, observe and maybe get to practice bird-banding technique, and also learn about the information contained on a bird’s leg band and why it is important.

A second session will be held Saturday, October 12, also at 9 a.m. The cost for each is $5 for members and $10 for non-members. The Center at Pomfret is at 218 Day Road, Pomfret.

Click here for more information about the Pomfret Center and the surrounding Bafflin Preserve. If you make the trip, stop at Trail Wood, the Edwin Way Teale Memorial Sanctuary, in nearby Hampton.