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EESC in the News: Shorebird Banding

EESC in the News: Shorebird Banding

By Erika Zambello

Audubon Florida, July 17, 2024

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

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60 years of data show shifts in the winter ranges of three duck species in the Midwest

60 years of data show shifts in the winter ranges of three duck species in the Midwest

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

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Notes from the Field: American Woodcock Migration

Notes from the Field: American Woodcock Migration

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

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Surviving Migration Through an Urban Landscape! One Songbird’s Journey

Surviving Migration Through an Urban Landscape! One Songbird’s Journey

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

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Celebrating Women's History Month: Women in Bird Banding

Celebrating Women's History Month: Women in Bird Banding

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...

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BBL Banding Station Receives a Major Upgrade

BBL Banding Station Receives a Major Upgrade

Thanks to a generous donation from the Friends of Patuxent, the BBL Banding Station received some much needed upgrades.

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Fall Migration Station 2023 Wrap-up

Fall Migration Station 2023 Wrap-up

Highlights from the USGS Bird Banding Lab (BBL) 2023 fall migration station.

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On a golden wing and a prayer: your actions can give birds a better chance of surviving migration

On a golden wing and a prayer: your actions can give birds a better chance of surviving migration

Although we may feel worlds apart, we are connected by migratory birds. In turn, migratory birds are connected to us and directly affected by our...

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EESC in the News: Flamingos Blown in by Hurricane Idalia

EESC in the News: Flamingos Blown in by Hurricane Idalia

By Terry Ward

Garden & Gun, October 11, 2023

“No one has ever seen anything like this,” one expert says.

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EESC in the News: Flamingos in the Midwest

EESC in the News: Flamingos in the Midwest

By Dinah Voyles Pulver

USA TODAY, September 30, 2023

Hurricane Idalia’s incredible influx of flamingos expanded deeper into the country over the past 10...

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Employee Spotlight: Jennifer McKay

Employee Spotlight: Jennifer McKay

Biologist Jennifer McKay joins the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory. 

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Chance Encounters of a Northern Saw-whet Owl

Chance Encounters of a Northern Saw-whet Owl

Bird banders at the Rushton Woods Banding Station and the U.S. Geological Survey’s Eastern Ecological Science Center Bird Banding Laboratory have...

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