Images

Coastal kelp viewed from above.

Aerial view of kelp forest with two otters just barely visible in the center.

A female mule deer with a GPS-satellite collar at a water source with two fawns.

Lesser Snow Geese are captured using a helicopter to herd them into large pens to await banding.

Lesser Snow Geese are captured using a helicopter to herd them into large pens to await banding.

USGS field biologist Andrea Mott displays a recently marked Lesser Snow Goose.

 Lesser Snow Geese are captured using a helicopter to herd them into large pens.

Wetland site of goose study viewed from above

USGS scientist Emma Kelsey drives a survey vessel off the Central California Coast as part of a seabird survey.

USGS Biological Science Technician Laney White surveys for Marbled Murrelet off the Central California Coast.

This is Teodora Rautu. She is a Biological Science Technician on the field crew for USGS Western Ecological Research Center's Sierra Nevada Forest Dynamics project.  She is measuring the diameter of a red fir and trying to navigate the tape through the branches.

This is Teodora Rautu. She is a Biological Science Technician on the field crew for USGS Western Ecological Research Center's Sierra Nevada Forest Dynamics project.  She is measuring the diameter of a Giant Sequoia.

Teodora Rautu and Eva Lopez, Biological Science Technicians on the field crew for the USGS Western Ecological Research Center's Sierra Nevada Forest Dynamics project, work together to measure the diameter of a Giant Sequoia.

San Francisco Bay and the surrounding wetlands and ponds provide important habitat for waterfowl and shorebirds.

This is Teodora Rautu. She is a Biological Science Technician on the field crew for USGS Western Ecological Research Center's Sierra Nevada Forest Dynamics project. The tree she is getting read to cut into has recently died.

A team from the WERC San Diego Field Station traveled to the Sierra National Forest, CA this past week to prepare their field site for season two of an exciting study of federally threatened Yosemite toads. This is a collaborative project with the U.S.

A California myotis (Myotis californicus) gets ready to fly away after identification and measurements are taken. USGS is conducting research in collaboration with NPS to learn about the roosting ecology of Western bats in an effort to improve management and conservation of bat populations.

Brent Cunningham with Desert Tortoise in Ridgecrest, CA.

Female Southwestern Willow Flycatcher with colorful bands in 2019 on the upper San Luis Rey River. The bird was originally banded as a nestling by USGS biologist Scarlett Howell on the upper San Luis Rey River in July 2017.

Biological Technician, Laura (Laney) White records data on Beaufort sea state and environmental conditions during a flight.

Terns in flight.