This is the final report for the spring 2016 banding season here at LLCC: Final Report – LLCC BBS Spring 2016. It was another very successful season! We banded 1,858 birds of 79 species over 56 days this spring, averaging out to 33.2 birds banded per day.  We also had 198 “returns” (birds captured that had been banded in a previous banding season). Over 8 banding seasons (starting in fall 2012), we have banded just under 13,000 birds! Some highlights from this year include:

• the most abundantly banded bird this spring was the Dark-eyed Junco (494 banded)
• we banded 2 new species for the station (Prairie Warbler and Dickcissel) bringing our cumulative total to 115 species
• we had a very successful grand opening of our new banding facility

Thanks again to all who have visited and/or provided support for the banding station! Our fall banding season will begin August 22. Hope to see you out there!