MAPS Bird Banding Program

Join Jefferson County Greenways and Alabama Audubon to see birds up close as scientists document Ruffner Mountain’s summer bird community through bird banding—the capture, measurement, and release of wild birds.

Our organizations have partnered to participate in the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program, a continent-wide conservation effort to monitor bird survival and reproductive success. You will get an up-close and personal view of the bird banding process, learn about the importance of this research program, and discover what data has been collected this summer.

Be prepared to walk approximately 2 miles on flat terrain.
Bring binoculars if you have them – but we’ll have extras to loan out for the event.
Bring water and prepare appropriately for the day’s weather.

Meet at the Ruffner Mountain Eastern Trailhead
1942 Ruffner Rd.,
Birmingham, AL 35210
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You may also like the following events from Ruffner Mountain:

• This Wednesday, 30th July, 09:00 am, Junior Naturalist Academy- End of Summer Event in Birmingham