Summer is on the way and with it come birds.
For the past 22 years, Beaver Creek Bird Banders have spent the summer at Henke Acres participating in the MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) project.
The MAPS project is a collaborative effort among bird banders assisting in avian conservation.
Since 1989, more than 1,200 MAPS stations have spread throughout the United States and Canada to capture, collect information, and band more than 2 million birds.
The MAPS project focuses on breeding birds, including in this area, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Indigo Buntings, Yellow-rumped Warblers, and Song Sparrows. Join the Beaver Creek Bird Banders for an exciting morning of hiking trails, banding birds, and enjoying the sights and sounds of Henke Acres.
The research station is remote and the trails are moderately rugged.
Come prepared; bring water, snacks, a camera, sturdy shoes or rubber boots, and appropriate clothing to be outside.
We will meet at the gate to Henke Acres at 8:45 am and drive visitors to the research site.
Banding days are weather-dependent, rain and wind will cancel a banding day.

Walk ins will not be accepted.

$5 Members $8 Nonmembers