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USGS Joins the Bird Collision Prevention Alliance to Combat Bird Collisions

USGS Joins the Bird Collision Prevention Alliance to Combat Bird Collisions

USGS has joined a new initiative to address bird collisions with glass.

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EESC in the News: The Legacy of Patuxent

EESC in the News: The Legacy of Patuxent

By Kayci Messerly and Dr. Mike Brasher

Ducks Unlimited Podcast, June 24, 2025

Ep. 689 - Science for a Changing World—The Legacy of Patuxent

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EESC in the News: Behind the Scenes at the Bird Banding Lab

EESC in the News: Behind the Scenes at the Bird Banding Lab

By Kayci Messerly and Dr. Mike Brasher

Ducks Unlimited Podcast, June 16, 2025

Ep. 686 - Bird Banding — Behind the Scenes at the Bird Banding Lab

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EESC in the News: Osprey Nest Failure

EESC in the News: Osprey Nest Failure

Story by Carrie Arnold, Photography by Jamie Wick

All About Birds, March 24, 2025

Fifty years after the DDT era, Ospreys have rebounded strongly across...

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Notes from the Field: What’s on a sparrow’s dinner menu?

Notes from the Field: What’s on a sparrow’s dinner menu?

“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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Notes From the Field: Common Loon banding and conservation

Notes From the Field: Common Loon banding and conservation

“Notes from the Field” are contributed articles that highlight current banding projects and the continued importance of bird banding mor than a...

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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: 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: 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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