ON THE TRAIL GALLERY
On the trail
Welcomer to our on the trail exploration gallery
Dick Stauffer monitors a nest box trail near Olds, Alberta, Canada consisting of 300 nest boxes targeting Mountain Blue birds and Tree Swallows, 5 Kestrel boxes, 2 Duck Boxes and 1 Great Horned Owl nest.
Dick has been banding on his trail for 15 years, banding over 900 Mountain bluebirds and 2500 Tree Swallows. Some interesting encounters have happened on his Trail.
about stauffer-henley inc.
Banding pliers for USGS Bands & The Aviculture Industry
Stauffer-Henley Inc. is based out of Olds, Alberta and owned by bird bander, Dick Stauffer. Dick is Mountain View County’s resident bird bander, and can often be found sneaking up to unsuspecting rural birdhouses, collecting data and banding occupants.
Dick Stauffer is one of 50 or 60 people who monitor nest box trails between Black Diamond and Olds in Alberta, Canada. Of those fifty, he is in a more exclusive group of only twenty who band birds, and even more exclusively, one of only two who collect data on egg laying and incubation.