Frederick C. Lincoln and the formation of the North American bird banding program

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  • Authors: Tautin, John
  • Publication Year: 2005
  • Publication Series: General Technical Report (GTR)
  • Source: In: Ralph, C. John; Rich, Terrell D., editors 2005. Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference. 2002 March 20-24; Asilomar, California, Volume 2 Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-191. Albany, CA: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: p. 813-814

Abstract

The year 2002 marks the 100th anniversary of scientific bird banding in North America. Credit for the first banding goes to Dr. Paul Bartsch of the Smithsonian Institution, who in 1902, banded 23 Black-crowned Night-Herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) at Washington, DC (Bartsch 1904). Others, especially P. A. Taverner, Leon Cole, and the American Bird Banding Association, were involved with in the early development of bird banding in North America, but none was so influential as Frederick C. Lincoln. Building on previous attempts to organize bird banding, Lincoln formed a continental program that today remains a cornerstone of avian research, management and conservation.

  • Citation: Tautin, John 2005. Frederick C. Lincoln and the formation of the North American bird banding program. In: Ralph, C. John; Rich, Terrell D., editors 2005. Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference. 2002 March 20-24; Asilomar, California, Volume 2 Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-191. Albany, CA: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: p. 813-814
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