Last Saturday we went to a bird banding demonstration. In talking with the banders, we learned that we could observe their actual field work when they set up at Rollins Savanna today. Yippee! I'm really looking forward to it!
Bird banders attach small numbered and/or colored bands to birds as an aid to research. Bird banders are known as bird ringers in parts of Europe (I can never remember who calls them which term, they both sound natural to me). The highlighted shirts for this week have all been designed just for bird banders!
This design has a collegiate style. Property of Banding Dept is shown on a hoodie. Also available in Property of Ringing Dept.
This design, iRing, spoofs a popular iPod ad campaign. It has the silhouette of a songbird with a white ring around one leg. Also available in iBand.
This last shirt is the word Bander made of elements.
This week's highlighted shirt design looks like an eyechart you might find at your eye doctor's office. The text on this chart design actually means something, though. It reads "I See Birds Everywhere I Go." I See Birds is shown here on a women's long sleeve tee in white.
This week's highlighted shirt is our Pop Art Spoonbill Pattern, shown on a light blue women's t-shirt. This is a cute, unique repeating Spoonbill silhouette pattern. When we lived in Holland, we used to like looking for Common Spoonbill who would summer there. This design was based on...
This week's highlighted shirt was designed for bird banders. Licensed Bird Bander is done in the style of an official government seal, and reads "Federally Licensed Bird Bander." The design is shown here on a Long Sleeve T-Shirt.
This week's highlighted shirt has a cute cartoon LBJ (Little Brown Job) asking a somewhat risque question: Is that a scope in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? You have to admit, some birders become very excited upon seeing particular birds. Oh, if the...
