Kent Farm Banding Station

Kent Farm Banding Station KFBS is dedicated to conducting research on bird migrations to generate knowledge to help predict how bird populations will respond to climate change

07/03/2026

Greetings! We have canceled MAPS banding tomorrow morning due to the heat advisory. 

We welcomed members of the Sassafras Audubon Society on Sunday and banded 16 birds, still relatively low numbers. We we...
06/30/2026

We welcomed members of the Sassafras Audubon Society on Sunday and banded 16 birds, still relatively low numbers. We were thrilled to have many hatch-year birds, including a Louisiana waterthrush, a  Carolina chickadee and an American redstart.

It was a very slow day at the station on Friday, but we still managed to encounter some amazing birds! And many amazing ...
06/14/2026

It was a very slow day at the station on Friday, but we still managed to encounter some amazing birds! And many amazing people!


We had another great banding session on Sunday, May 31. Great variety, though the numbers were a little low. Lots of hum...
06/09/2026

We had another great banding session on Sunday, May 31. Great variety, though the numbers were a little low. Lots of human visitors, though which always keeps things fun and interesting. 

MAPS is back! We had our first day in the field on Monday. We banded a solid 33 birds with great variety. We look forwar...
05/29/2026

MAPS is back! We had our first day in the field on Monday. We banded a solid 33 birds with great variety. We look forward to having people join us over the next couple of months. 

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Bloomington, IN

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