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

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

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...

In July 2024, the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Eastern Ecological Science Center (EESC) at Patuxent Research Refuge wrapped up a project to replace...

The EESC Bird Banding Laboratory has completed a project to digitize over a million legacy bird banding paper records from the 1960s to the early...

By Erika Zambello

Audubon Florida, July 17, 2024

Reported bird bands provide critical data to researchers, land managers, and policy makers.

RESTON, Va. — The autumn and winter ranges of three species of economically important dabbling ducks have shifted since the 1960s according to new...

This article focuses on an American Woodcock migratory ecology study in the eastern United States. “Notes from the Field” are contributed articles...

Spring migration has officially begun and now is the time to make sure your windows are safer for birds! 

In celebration of Women’s History Month, the USGS EESC Bird Banding Lab is highlighting 10 prominent female banders in the North American Bird Banding...