THE BLUE RIDGE BIRD OBSERVER: September 2025
The Big Bald Banding Station, located on the North Carolina-Tennessee border in Cherokee National Forest along the Appalachian Trail Corridor, is Blue Ridge Bird Observatory’s most productive research site. Avian banding began here in 1978 with Dr. George and Cleo Mayfield, leading to the establishment of the current station, operated by BRBO for the past […]