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Jeff Sullivan

Jeffery Sullivan
Center News
Gadwall ducklings in nest

Research Spotlight: Ducklings Leave Nests in Early Morning, Suggesting Predator Avoidance

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James E Lyons, Ph.D.
Research
Monitoring Effects of Barrier Island Restoration on Piping Plovers in Louisiana

Avifauna Surveys of the Northern Main Chandeleur Islands

Project
A researcher gathering mosquito larvae from Delta pool

eDNA to Inform Invasive Mosquito Distribution

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Shannon Skalos is a Biologist with the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center.

Shannon M Skalos, PhD
Center News
a grey falcon with a yellow beak perched on a wooden utility pole holding the tail of another bird in its yellow talons

Number of nesting prairie falcons has increased in a national conservation area in Idaho

Project
Image: Greater Sage Grouse

Greater Sage-Grouse Population Monitoring Framework

Photography
Heron nests that look like large piles of grey grass along the shore of a lake

Heron nests, Pelican Lake, OR
Center News
Image: Barred Owl (Strix varia)

How Spotted and Barred Owls Share the Forest

Center News
A sparrow in the grass

Excluding Grazing has Positive Effects on Riparian Vegetation, Migratory Birds

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a colony of heron nests that look like large piles of grass by a lake

Heron colony at Pelican Lake
Presentations and Events
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Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA Spring Seminar: Project Updates and 2025 Field Season Plans
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WERC scientist Pete Coates

Peter Coates, PhD
Photography
a bird with a long neck swimming in a lake

Western grebe in Summer Lake
Photography
a bird with long legs and a long beak wading in shallow water surrounded by grass

Long-billed curlew in Summer Lake
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a bird with long legs wading in a lake with a grassy wetland in the background

American avocet wading in Summer Lake
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Forest to agriculture conversion in southern Belize: Implications for migrant land birds

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a flock of birds flying over a dry lake bed, mountains and blue skies in the background

Pelican Lake
Center News
Northern spotted owl perched on a tree branch

Effects of Barred Owl Removal on Population Demography of Northern Spotted Owls in Washington and Oregon, 2015–2018

Presentations and Events
title slide of a presentation on Great Basin terminal lakes waterbird prey availability

Saline Lakes IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series: Waterbird Prey Availability
Center News
hand holding red-cockaded woodpecker

Effects of Red-cockaded Woodpecker Bottleneck and Current Management on Genetic Diversity

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Population trends of native and non-native forest birds on the island of Molokai, Hawaii

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Predicting the spatial distribution of wintering golden eagles to inform full annual cycle conservation in western North America

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A black bird with a yellow head perched on tall grass on the shore of a lake

Yellow-headed blackbird perched by Malheur Lake
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Steve Hanser, smiling and wearing a red quarter-zip sweatshirt, standing in front of trees and mountains in the background.

Steven E Hanser
Center News
Image: Salt Marsh

Gene Flow Connects Coastal Populations of the Clapper Rail

Presentations and Events

Bird Banding Lab, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service—Centennial Presentation
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Biologist holding Marbled salamander

Charles Shafer
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Dave is the Program Manager of the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center in Laurel, MD

David Ziolkowski Jr.
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