Established in 2021, the Bear Divide Banding Station aims to operate as a long-term avian monitoring program and collaborative research platform for the study of thousands of avian spring migrants utilizing the Bear Divide mountain pass each Spring. The Banding Station is building a dataset to assess temporal changes and trends in migratory bird population dynamics and physiological condition, while embedding educational and outreach components into its research.

The Bear Divide Banding Station
Avian monitoring program at a spring migratory corridor
in the mountains of Los Angeles County, California

WHO WE ARE
Advancing Western
Migration Ecology
By the Numbers
7,125
birds banded
82
species banded
40
volunteer banders
Updated Spring 2024