A volunteer for the Belgian non-profit lists the bands he is about to place on eyasses, baby kestrel falcons (Falco tinnunculus), one of the protected species of birds nesting on Chièvres Air Base, Chièvres, Belgium, May 31, 2017. Banding is a universal and indispensable technique for studying the movement, survival and behavior of birds.

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