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The banding station is open for visitors! Please email Mike Eickman for more information: redtail15@aol.com
The banding station is open for visitors! Please email Mike Eickman for more information: redtail15@aol.com
The banding station is open for visitors! Please email Mike Eickman for more information: redtail15@aol.com
The banding station is open for visitors! Please email Mike Eickman for more information: redtail15@aol.com
Please join us for an educational program about owls during the peak Saw-whet Owl migration in October. Learn about the research Sand Bluff and other scientists are conducting about owl ecology and behavior. Experience the[...]
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NEWS FROM SAND BLUFF
Sand Bluff Birder – August 2022
Lee Johnson founded Sand Bluff Bird Observatory. For that I am sincerely grateful. Without his openness to volunteers I would not be here. I would not have met so many like-minded people, made new friends and greatly added to my knowledge of birds and...
Sand Bluff Birder – March 2022
Redpolls breed in the arctic tundra and boreal forests, so it is a real treat when an irruption year occurs, and the birdsseek a winter food source farther south. The last time I saw...
Latest Sand Bluff Birder – December 2021
Mid-October: it’s predawn, silent and cool, at ColoredSands Forest Preserve as I begin to open the netsnear the Sugar River. There is no wind, so I hear... Dec 2021 Birder
We visited a week ago. My daughter was fortunate enough to release a blue winged warbler after it was banded. She is still talking about it as well as other birds she sees. The work done at the observatory is life changing in a very positive way. Keep up the great work.
Sand Bluff Bird Observatiory is my favorite place to hike and go bird watching anytime of the year. I especially love the banding station where you can see volunteers band many different species of birds. Some are rarely seen in the wild. Like Owls and whippoorwills. Banding starts in March and continues through the summer and fall and ends sometime in November.