Images

Aerial photo of the USGS Conte Research Laboratory located on the Connecticut River in Turners Falls, Massachusetts.  Photo take in mid September of 2022.

An American Redstart wing being examined in the hand, the bright contrasting orange and black indicate this bird is an after hatch year male. 

 

This photo shows a salamander stream survey. During these surveys, transects are run along a stream, and rocks are flipped to find and capture salamanders. Each captured salamander is placed in a bag to be identified and measured. Salamanders are released after the survey is complete.

Alicia Berlin answers questions during the Congressional Event duck colony station, demonstrating research on duck behavior.

Tony Celis-Murillo presents on the Bird Banding Lab and Breeding Bird Survey during the congressional event.

USGS staff and Congressional Staffers listen to a presentation by Joel Carr at PRR on Coastal Wetlands 

Vicki Blazer and Heather Walsh present on fish health and monitoring by dissecting a fish. 

Taylor Woods presents at the first station on stream ecology and benthic macroinvertebrates during the Congressional Event at Patuxent Research Refuge 

Attendees for the Congressional Event at EESC's Patuxent Research Refuge gather before the first station of the morning 

This is the first Prothonotary Warbler since 2007 at the BBL's Fall Migration Station. 

To age and sex Magnolia Warbler's in the hand, scientists look for clues in the tail. These large square white patches are an excellent indication that this bird is an after hatch year, male Magnolia Warbler. 

In the fall of 2022, the BBL's Fall Migration Station had a surprising number of early migrants pass through the station at the end of August, including an abundance of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers. 

A beautiful, sunny day with blue skies at the Leetown trout pond while on a birding excursion with the Potomac Valley Audubon Society.  This trout pond plays an important role in the community and gives veterans and handicapped groups the chance to get outside and catch big trout!  It also provides nourishing trout to the resident  bald eagles.

A USGS researcher pilots a drone over the Leetown Research Laboratory ponds as part of an effort to explore how remote sensing may be able to inform efforts to identify and track the extent of Harmful Algal Blooms.

Matt Burgess from the USGS National Uncrewed Systems Office pilots a drone over research ponds at the Eastern Ecological Science Center as part of a methods development campaign to examine how multiple types of remote sensors may be used to map and identify algae, including those that lead to Harmful Algal Blooms.

This hatch-year American Robin was the 100th newly banded bird at the Patuxent Research Refuge's MAPS station during the summer of 2022. 

Blue Ridge sculpin (Cottus caeruleomentum) are being acclimated to the water temperature and chemistry of the Experimental Stream Laboratory at the Eastern Ecological Science Center in West Virginia. Fish from this study will be used to restore an extirpated population in Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland.

Technicians calibrate a UAS before conducting aerial surveys at Leetown Research Lab ponds.

One of the raptor handlers educates people for Latino Conservation Week at the National Wildlife Visitor Center, Patuxent Research Refuge. 

Elaine Nakash educates visitors and volunteers alike at the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory's display table, which was setup for the Latino Conservation Week event at the National Wildlife Visitor Center at Patuxent Research Refuge. 

A juvenile Yellow-breasted Chat peers out from a shrub, Eastern Ecological Science Center at the Patuxent Research Refuge