My name is Marc Baumann; I am a 50 year old French "free time" ornithologist. We live in the corner where Switzerland, France and Germany have a common border. As a grandson of a farmer I grew up in a little village with nature all around. Probably because of this, today I spend most of my free time in nature and specialize in bird watching. In 1996 I discovered bird ringing and it was "love at first sight". I passed my examination as bird ringer in France in 2004 and since then I have been ringing between 1 500 and 3 300 birds per year. Danielle often accompanies me when I am doing this activity.