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USGS EESC walks the walk for bird collisions

USGS EESC walks the walk for bird collisions

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...

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Preserving 40+ years of legacy bird banding records

Preserving 40+ years of legacy bird banding records

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...

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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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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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A Surprising Band Recovery from the USGS Bird Banding Lab’s Fall Migration Station

A Surprising Band Recovery from the USGS Bird Banding Lab’s Fall Migration Station

The Bird Banding Lab recently got a report of an amazing banding recovery!  A Cape May warbler that was banded at the lab’s fall migration station in...

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