bird banding

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• Bird-banding — The Journal of Field Ornithology  Journal of Field Ornithology Pays …   Wikipédia en Français

• Bird ringing — (also known as bird banding) is an aid to studying wild birds, by attaching a small individually numbered metal or plastic ring to their legs or wings, so that various aspects of the bird s life can be studied by the ability to re find the same… …   Wikipedia

• Banding — may mean forming a group. It can also refer to:* Banding or ability grouping, the practice, in education, of placing students into groups or classes based on their abilities, talents, or previous achievement * Banding, artefactual minor variants… …   Wikipedia

• bird band — bird bander. bird banding. a band put on a bird s leg to identify it for observations about its range, behavior, longevity, migration patterns, etc. Also called, Brit., bird ring. [1935 40, Amer.] * * * bird band, U.S. a band put on a bird s leg… …   Useful english dictionary

• bird band — bird bander. bird banding. a band put on a bird s leg to identify it for observations about its range, behavior, longevity, migration patterns, etc. Also called, Brit., bird ring. [1935 40, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

• bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 …   Universalium

• Bird — /berrd/, n. Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player. * * * I Any of the warm blooded, beaked vertebrates of the class Aves, including more than 9,600 living species. A covering of feathers distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a …   Universalium

• Bird migration — A flock of Barnacle Geese during autumn migration …   Wikipedia

• Bird observatory — A bird observatory is a centre for the study of bird migration and bird populations. They are usually focused on local birds, but may also include interest in far flung areas. Most bird observatories are small operations with a limited staff,… …   Wikipedia

• banding — noun A pattern of band like markings. You can recognize this species of bird by the banding on the wing …   Wiktionary