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Notes From The Field: Wintering Rosy-Finches

Notes From The Field: Wintering Rosy-Finches

"Notes from the Field” are contributed articles that highlight current banding projects and the continued importance of bird banding. This article...

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Cycle of a Bird Band

Cycle of a Bird Band

A Blue-winged Teal banded in Louisiana becomes part of the North American Bird Banding Program, which tracks millions of records to guide waterfowl...

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Every Bird Counts – Delivering Gold Standard Science for North America’s Birds

Every Bird Counts – Delivering Gold Standard Science for North America’s Birds

Each spring, as migratory birds span continents, our ability to protect them depends on one simple but powerful force: people paying attention. This...

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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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EESC in the News: When Window Collisions Hit Home

EESC in the News: When Window Collisions Hit Home

American Bird Conservancy, Spring 2025

Migration, sadly, brings bird deaths from window collisions in large numbers... but the threat doesn’t stop with...

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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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