BIO 380 Bird Banding

Students search for birds on beach

Where are the birds?

Students pose on the beach

Taking a break from searching.

Goofing around on the bus

Knowing what to look for is the first step...

Catching birds

Catching the birds

Student bading bird

Banding birds.

Measuring birds.

Measuring birds.

Recording wingspan of a blue jay.

Recording wingspan.

Hawks were caught.

Many kinds of birds were studied. Even hawks!

Birds after banding.

Bird after banding.

Students stuck in van.

Even the students got stuck!

 

Thirty-four percent of Alma students participate in intercollegiate athletics. Alma College competes at the NCAA Division III level as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the oldest existing athletic conference in the nation. Alma offers 22 varsity sports—11 for the women and 11 for the men—including four sports that debuted in 2011–12: women’s lacrosse and bowling and men’s lacrosse and wrestling.

 

Student Profile

Daniel May

Daniel May
Graduation: 2013
Major: Biology

From ATP production to Z chromosomes, Frankenmuth senior Daniel May speaks the language of biology.

“I’ve always really, really loved science,” he says. “It really seems to fit me and my personality. I was a science geek, even in high school. Biology, especially, has always clicked for me.”