Images

Wing of Southwestern Willow Flycatcher nestling on band day in 2017. 

Sample collection from cableway above Big Horn River near Kane, Wyoming as part of project evaluating pesticides in Wyoming.

As blooms of cyanobacteria die on the water surface of Upper Klamath Lake they turn blue-green.

Ohio River at Ironton, OH - downstream view

Ohio River at Ironton, OH - looking downstream

Instrument package mounted to the seaward slope of a coral reef off southwestern Puerto Rico.

Microscopic view of blue green algae sample. Some algae produce toxins that threaten the health and safety of living things that come in direct contact. Cyanobacteria - Phormidium (blue green algae)

This mallard duckling was captured in Suisun Marsh. USGS scientists are weighing, measuring and banding waterfowl to understand how they are using the marsh and for capture-recapture data. 

This is a view to the southwest from the top of the piedmont on the eastern side of the Avawatz Mountains, ~25 km northwest of Baker, CA.

Researchers use wire mesh to construct traps for collecting waterfowl in Suisun Marsh, CA.

Moving from one site to the next requires hauling needed gear along with. These three have their hands full taking things back to the truck after processing waterfowl from a maintained site. 

Measuring the groundwater level in a well near Lame Deer, Montana

USGS gage 3197910 Unnamed Trib to Elk Twomile Creek near Charleston, WV

Measuring discharge of Lame Deer Creek near Lame Deer, Montana

Mount Hood photographed near Parkdale, Oregon.

Oceanscience Q1250 Remote Boat for slow to mid flow.

Two WERC technicians walk back from a placed trap with hands full. 

Brock, a USGS volunteer, walks out to a future waterfowl trapping site with a bucket full of rice in hopes that it will attract waterfowl to the area.

Left to right: In July 2017 Tim Elfers (USGS), Hannah Drummond (WA State Dept. of Ecology), Heather Weiner (WA State Dept. of Ecology), Andrew Stevens (USGS), and Andy Ritchie (USGS) used handheld computers and backpack-mounted GPS equipment to record topography along a beach near the mouth of the Elwha River.

USGS employee measuring road overflow during a record flood event at Little Wapsipinicon River near Oran, IA USGS gage ID 5420850

A beautiful sunset over Mauna Loa (in distance at left) provided a backdrop to the lava lake within Halema‘uma‘u. HVO and Jaggar Museum are on the horizon near the center of the panorama.