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Due to its massive size and popularity, the Bands Across America map application is temporarily unavailable.

The application queries more than 3.2 million waterfowl banding and recovery records.

In 1902, Dr. Paul Bartsch of the Smithsonian Institution was the first to band birds in North America - 23 black-crowned night herons near Washington, D.C. Many banders followed, and banding and recovery records have been kept since 1914.

Check back soon to query the map and find banding and recovery locations of individual birds, including birds that you have taken.