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Audubon To Host Saturday Bird Bandings Weather permitting, area residents can join ornithologists on the west side of Audubon Community Nature Center’s property on Saturday mornings April 26 through May 17, between 7 and 11 a.m. and observe them banding birds. Bird banding is an established technique used to discover details about the behaviors of birds. Bird scientists capture migrating and resident birds in “mist” nets – so-called because they are so fine they are almost like mist – fit them with identification bands, measure, weigh, and then release them. Some watching ...