Saturday morning from 8 am to noon , UTC's Dr. David Aborn conducted a bird banding class at Greenway Farm.
First he set up 7 nets in the underbrush to trap the birds
Very soon a Blue Jay was tangled in the net
Following that a Hermit Thrush was also captured.
Later the group watched Dr. Aborn removed the birds very carefully
The birds were placed in net bags and returned to the banding station where a tag was applied to the right legs
Then each bird was measured and weighed.
... and all data recorded ,then the bird was released unharmed.
All unharmed except Dr. Aborn who had a very large bite from a male Cardinal before it was released
The Hermit Thrush that was captured had a band on its leg, Dr. Aborn's record book revealed that he had banded this same bird 5 years ago at Greenway Farm, so all data was recorded and it was released again 
This was clear proof that these birds migrate great distances and return to the same locations again. In fact Dr. Aborn had captured the same Wren 10 different times. Several TOS and RWBC bird club members were enjoying the bird banding
Dr. Aborn released the last of the first batch
... and the group returned to check the nets once again.
Many very dedicated people like Dr. Aborn spend many hours collecting data that all bird lovers enjoy, if you are not a birder we recommend it as a very relaxing way to spend a lot of enjoyable time.