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Ijams Hummingbird Festival is an annual educational festival centered on hummingbird conservation and research. At the festival, small groups join master banders from East Tennessee Avian Research and Seven Islands State Birding Park as they conduct a banding station on-site.

 

Bird banding is a technique used to study wild birds by placing a tiny numbered band around a bird’s leg, allowing scientists to track bird migration, behavior, and population change. Throughout the event, the banding station collects non-invasive biological data, attaches numbered bands to aid in future research, and releases birds back into their ecosystem. This unique opportunity to participate in a hummingbird banding station is one you don’t want to miss!​