Bird banding: black throated blue warbler & common yellowthroat
I happened to be camping in the Dolly Sods Wilderness (Monongahela National Forest, WV) when the Brooks Bird Club was doing its annual bird banding in September of 2017. The group has a banding station at the crest of a mountain where mist nets are set before dawn to capture songbirds. The group occupied most of the sites at Red Creek Campground, where I too was camping, and they invited me to observe the banding operation. Below are some of the many photos I took while hanging with the group.
Black throated blue warbler
Setting a mist net
Banding a common yellowthroat
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higher quality gear than my own, but not much interest in birds.
I'm grateful to the BBC for letting me get close to the captive birds. Most of my photos of migratory songbirds are done with a long lens and not very good, like this one of a Blackburnian warbler, which was the best shot of the lot. I used a tripod and was certain that I had some crisp images in the camera. Why do they refuse to sit still for their portraits?! 
