An American Woodcock receives its USGS metal band at the Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.
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Banding an American Woodcock
An American Woodcock receives its USGS metal band at the Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.
A Yellow-bellied Flycatcher in the hand
A Yellow-bellied Flycatcher banded at the Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.
A Yellow-bellied Flycatcher banded at the Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.
A banded Field Sparrow that was found as part of a bird collision survey at Prudential Tower in Newark, New Jersey in 2020.
A banded Field Sparrow that was found as part of a bird collision survey at Prudential Tower in Newark, New Jersey in 2020.A banded Field Sparrow that was found as part of a bird collision survey at Prudential Tower in Newark, New Jersey in 2020.
A banded Field Sparrow that was found as part of a bird collision survey at Prudential Tower in Newark, New Jersey in 2020.
A banded Field Sparrow that was found as part of a bird collision survey at Prudential Tower in Newark, New Jersey in 2020.A banded Field Sparrow that was found as part of a bird collision survey at Prudential Tower in Newark, New Jersey in 2020.
Old Banding Station
This is the banding station used by BBL for years before the recent upgrades.
This is the banding station used by BBL for years before the recent upgrades.
Banding pelican chick
Melissa Roach, biologist with the Patuxent Bird Banding Lab, bands a pelican chick on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay.
Melissa Roach, biologist with the Patuxent Bird Banding Lab, bands a pelican chick on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay.
Cormorant chicks in nest
Two double-crested cormorant chicks in their nest on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.
Two double-crested cormorant chicks in their nest on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.
Preparing for pelican banding.
Three biologists with the USGS Bird Banding Lab at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center prepare to band pelican chicks on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay.
Three biologists with the USGS Bird Banding Lab at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center prepare to band pelican chicks on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay.
Laysan Albatross Colony on Midway Atoll
Laysan Albatross nesting colony on Sand Island, Midway Atoll, Northwest Hawaiian Islands.
Laysan Albatross nesting colony on Sand Island, Midway Atoll, Northwest Hawaiian Islands.
BBL banding at Patuxent Research Refuge
Think habitat: not grass. Powerlines that run through the Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge, near Laurel, MD are managed as shrub habitat instead of mowed, which provides stopover habitat for migratory birds.
Think habitat: not grass. Powerlines that run through the Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge, near Laurel, MD are managed as shrub habitat instead of mowed, which provides stopover habitat for migratory birds.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on a cold winter day taken in Owings, Maryland, USA
A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on a cold winter day taken in Owings, Maryland, USA
Peregrine Falcon "Ben" H/34
Peregrine Falcon 'Ben" was banded with a USGS auxiliary marker, black over red H/34 in 2013. He nested for years on a building ledge in Chicago until struck a window and died in November 2024.
Peregrine Falcon 'Ben" was banded with a USGS auxiliary marker, black over red H/34 in 2013. He nested for years on a building ledge in Chicago until struck a window and died in November 2024.
Red-tailed Tropicbird and chick
Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) and chick.
Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) and chick.
An Endangered Honeycreeper, the ‘Akeke‘e (Kaua‘i Akepa), in Hawai‘i
An Endangered Honeycreeper, the ‘Akeke‘e (Kaua‘i Akepa), in Hawai‘iMany species of Hawaiian honeycreepers have persisted into the 20th century because high elevation rain forests on the islands of Kaua’i, Maui, and Hawai’i are cool enough to limit transmission of introduced avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum).
An Endangered Honeycreeper, the ‘Akeke‘e (Kaua‘i Akepa), in Hawai‘i
An Endangered Honeycreeper, the ‘Akeke‘e (Kaua‘i Akepa), in Hawai‘iMany species of Hawaiian honeycreepers have persisted into the 20th century because high elevation rain forests on the islands of Kaua’i, Maui, and Hawai’i are cool enough to limit transmission of introduced avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum).
Mallard Duck swimming
Mallard Duck swimming
A Spectacled Eider carrying a radio transmitter
A Spectacled Eider carrying an intracoelomic radio transmitter near the Colville River. To track the movements of Spectacled Eider and other waterfowl for extended periods of time, intracoelomic radio transmitters were surgically implanted in birds during the late 90s through the early 2010s.
A Spectacled Eider carrying an intracoelomic radio transmitter near the Colville River. To track the movements of Spectacled Eider and other waterfowl for extended periods of time, intracoelomic radio transmitters were surgically implanted in birds during the late 90s through the early 2010s.
USGS biologists swab a hen mallard duck for avian influenza
USGS biologists swab a hen mallard duck for avian influenzaUSGS biologists swab a hen mallard duck for avian influenza in Rio Grande County, Colorado.
USGS biologists swab a hen mallard duck for avian influenza
USGS biologists swab a hen mallard duck for avian influenzaUSGS biologists swab a hen mallard duck for avian influenza in Rio Grande County, Colorado.
Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae)
Close up of a Costa's hummingbird perched on twig.
Close up of a Costa's hummingbird perched on twig.
Black-footed Albatross Banding
Jon Plissner (USFWS Biologist) bands a Black-footed Albatross on Midway Atoll, Northwest Hawaiian Islands.
Jon Plissner (USFWS Biologist) bands a Black-footed Albatross on Midway Atoll, Northwest Hawaiian Islands.