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 has a retro feel and spoofs the Elvis movie Girls! Girls! Girls! Here the text reads Gulls! Gulls! Gulls! and includes silhouettes of several gulls. Great for gull fans and larophobes alike. The design is shown here on a girl's classic t-shirt in aqua blue.
This week's highlighted shirt is called Go Pelagic. The design is done in shades of sea blue and there is an ocean surf background to the word PELAGIC. This is great for birders that love looking for sea specialties from a boat. The seafaring birdwatcher design is shown here on a junior spaghetti tank top.
This week's highlighted bird-themed shirt design looks like a construction sign you'd see on the highway. In this case, though, the orange diamond reads Birder at Work and has a silhouetted image of a birder looking through a scope. The design is shown here on a men's long...
If you're looking for something simple yet festive to wear on Halloween, consider an easy look like a novelty costume t-shirt. These tops are like regular t-shirts, but with costume themes that will appeal to birders. Match these with accessories or just wear them on their own and...
