Robert Smith, a professor of vertebrate biology from Scranton University, demonstrated everything that went into bird banding. Below he's skillfully holding a common yellowthroat.
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At another area, by a pond, various expert-volunteers from various organizations had gathered tadpoles, dragonfly nymphs, salamandars, and other pond wildlife in trays on picnic tables.
The tadpole (who appears to be standing on a dragonfly nymph) is well underway in its metamorphosis to become a frog.
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Also by the pond tables, Betsy Ray (from TNC) held a damselfly for me to photograph. She told me the name of it too, but I only remember it as the "exclamation damselfly." (Damselflies have an incredible range of color.)
