A Swainson's thrush is gently disentangled from a mist set by Merrill Frydendall during a bird banding demonstration Thursday at the Elks Nature Center. John Cross / The Free Press
Published May 15, 2009 12:42 am - Merrill Frydendall, a retired MSU professor of ornithology, gave a bird banding demonstration Thursday at the Elks Nature Center.