Lesson: Wear boots! 
DEP Wildlife Biologist herd Canada geese into netting.
Volunteers hold and transport geese to banding station.
Students demonstrating the safest way to restrain geese. Holding their wings back and keeping the beek and feet away from their body.
Preparing to flip the goose over for banding.
Determining the sex of the bird.
There were four gosslins at our last stop!
Securing a leg band on the goose.
Securing a neck band on the goose.
Releasing banded geese back to their habitat.
Steven, Meg and Steph had a great time. We learned to bring a change of clothes and a pair of boots when goose banding. Moral of the story: In order to pursue a career as a wildlife biologist, you must be prepared to get your boots wet and your hands dirty.
P.S. Goose feces stains clothes but it was well worth it!
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