Bird Banding round 2

Most people tend not to approve of the concept of bird banding, because it can be considered torture and painful for the birds.  However, many people also believe that it is beneficial for tracking birds to gain information. The nature center has three volunteers who do bird banding three times a week, and have been doing so for 13 years!  The lead lady claims to have banded over ten thousand birds in her efforts.  The process is simple, the birds fly into an almost invisible net and are carefully removed and receive a almost weightless bracket with a code number, and have a few important characteristics recorded.  These characteristics are weight, wing span, where they were found, and what type of bird they are.  The professionals here are very careful with the birds and there is rarely any harm done to the birds.  This is a very controversial topic and not usually supported by citizens, but the intentions are to gain information for the Nature Center. I am not in full support of the process of bird banding, because it could be potentially harmful to the birds and we should let them be, but it was definitely an experience.