About this Event
Join Augusta-Aiken Audubon Society and Aiken Land Conservancy for a free joint program featuring a screening of 'Banded: How a Birder's-Eye View Made a Community'. The screening of this short documentary will be followed by a virtual Q&A session with the filmmaker, Andy Rice, and the subject of the documentary, Dr. David Russell.
Synopsis: Banded is a short documentary about the charismatic ornithologist Dr. David Russell and his non-profit Avian Research and Education Institute (AREI), which organizes researchers, students, and citizen scientists to run a bird banding station at Hueston Woods State Park in Oxford, Ohio. Populations of migratory birds have fallen by 40-70% over the last 30 years, a statistic tied to parallel decreases in insect populations and habitat. To help stem this global crisis, ornithologists and engineers recently developed miniature tracking devices called nanotags that migrating birds can wear on their backs as they travel. Filmed in the tradition of cinema-vérité, Banded follows Russell and the banding volunteers who gather data on the ground by setting up nets to catch wild birds at dawn, showing how a birder’s-eye view can help the rest of us inhabit—and care for—a more expansive and wondrous world.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
North Augusta Community Center, 495 Brookside Avenue, North Augusta, United States
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