Banding Day for the Babies

Four wiggling little red bodies reach up to be fed but not this time .It was time to band their legs.Today was the sixth day since they hatched,they were beginning to poop over the edge of the nest and that is when banding is time to begin. Waiting longer may make it impossible to band them because they are growing so fast.By waiting another day their legs may have grown too large for the band to be passed over the front three toes and passing the fourth toe back through the band.Banding just before bed time will help to insure that mama wont throw the band out of the nest, and our work was not invain.