Chirp Chat: Young campers learn about the beauty and science of bird banding

08/14/24 • 7 min

Earlier this summer, Lake Effect’s Xcaret Nuñez spent the day with scientists and Urban Ecology Center campers to learn about bird banding, a way of tracking bird behavior by safely catching, tagging and measuring birds.

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Chirp Chat: Caring for Wisconsin's beloved cranes

The International Crane Foundation, based in Baraboo, works around the world to save cranes and the ecosystems they depend on. Lake Effect producer Xcaret Nuñez spent a day at its headquarters to learn about the ICF's conservation work with sandhill cranes and whooping cranes.

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Chirp Chat: How you can protect migrating birds from flying into windows

Window collisions are a leading cause of bird deaths, causing up to 3.5 billion bird deaths in the U.S. each year. They're even more common in the fall when both adult birds and their offspring migrate. But there are various ways to make your home more bird-friendly.