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What 100 Years of USGS Bird Monitoring Data Tell Us About Hummingbirds

What 100 Years of USGS Bird Monitoring Data Tell Us About Hummingbirds

A flash of iridescence caught in sunshine.  

A whirring sound that moves so quickly your eyes cannot follow its source.  

And then delight as you...

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EESC in the News: CWD in Elk

EESC in the News: CWD in Elk

By Mike Koshmrl

WyoFile, February 25, 2025

Wildlife managers are plotting an initial response to the disease outbreak as more confirmed and suspected...

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EESC in the News: Audubon Partnership

EESC in the News: Audubon Partnership

By Chad Wilsey

Audubon, February 13, 2025

A newly signed Memorandum of Understanding allows for both organizations to share information from some of the...

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Notes From the Field: Black-bellied Whistling Duck movement ecology and survival study

Notes From the Field: Black-bellied Whistling Duck movement ecology and survival study

“Notes from the Field” are contributed articles that highlight current banding projects and the continued importance of bird banding 100+ years after...

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EESC in the News: Turtle Trafficking

EESC in the News: Turtle Trafficking

By Lauri Munroe-Hultman

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, January 2025

It takes a village to get trafficked turtles home.

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EESC in the News: Road to Recovery for North American Birds

EESC in the News: Road to Recovery for North American Birds

By Gustave Axelson, Photos by Sparky Stensaas

Living Bird Magazine, Winter 2025

After a 2019 study identified major losses to North American bird...

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Banding Together: The significance of waterfowl bands to hunters and scientists alike

Banding Together: The significance of waterfowl bands to hunters and scientists alike

A collaborative story with USGS and USFWS focused on the importance of reporting waterfowl bands.

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EESC in the News: Osprey and Menhaden

EESC in the News: Osprey and Menhaden

By Timothy B. Wheeler

Bay Journal, December 13, 2024

A widely publicized study pointing to a shortage of Atlantic menhaden as the cause of osprey nest...

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Notes from the Field: Eastern Mallard Project

Notes from the Field: Eastern Mallard Project

“Notes from the Field” are contributed articles that highlight current banding projects and the continued importance of bird banding 100+ years after...

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Fall Migration Station 2024 Wrap-up

Fall Migration Station 2024 Wrap-up

Highlights from the USGS Bird Banding Lab (BBL) 2024 fall migration station.

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EESC in the News: One Bird Too Many

EESC in the News: One Bird Too Many

By Mason Wheatley

USFWS, November 2024

In the cold of February, a bird was found dead on the sidewalk of Philadelphia, killed after colliding with a...

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Ghost forests: Learn more as Halloween sneaks up!

Ghost forests: Learn more as Halloween sneaks up!

Have you ever walked through a forest and felt a little spooked? Well, that’s definitely the vibe of ghost forests!

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