Kyra Harvey is a biologist at the Bird Banding Laboratory (BBL), at the Eastern Ecological Science Center located in Laurel, MD.
Kyra has been with the BBL since 2020, and curates bird banding, encounter, and recapture reports within the North American Bird Banding Program's database. She is the outreach coordinator and the BBL's website content manager. Other duties include: Bander Portal support and staffs the MAPS station and the long-term fall migration monitoring station at the Patuxent Research Refuge.
Education and Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Interpretive Biology and Natural History from Frostburg State University in 2018
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Bird Banding Laboratory
MTAB 104, May 2023
MTAB 103, February 2023
Employee Spotlight: Kyra Harvey
An introduction to the Bird Banding Laboratory’s newest staff member.
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Bird Banding Laboratory
The Bird Banding Laboratory is an integrated scientific program established in 1920 to support the collection, archiving, management, and dissemination of information from banded and marked birds in North America. This information allows for developing effective bird science, management, and conservation. Since 1923, the lab has collaborated with the Canada’s Bird Banding Office to administer the... - Publications
MTAB 104, May 2023
This Memo to All Banders (MTAB 104) was released in May 2023. Subjects in this memo are 1. The Chief’s Chirp; 2. Alerts – Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and reminder that banders cannot submit data through Bandit, only manage data; 3. Staff updates – Jennifer McKay joins the BBL; 4. News – Database migration is happening now!, Bird Banding Lab data and window collisions; 5. A note from the perAuthorsKyra HarveyMTAB 103, February 2023
This Memo to All Banders (MTAB 103) was released in February 2023. Subjects in this this memo are 1. The Chief’s Chirp; 2. Alerts – Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and reminder that banders cannot submit data through Bandit, only manage data; 3. Staff updates – BBL Thanks Intern from Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation and BBL Welcomes New Intern, Mary Woodruff; 4. News – Mary Gustafson ObiAuthorsKyra Harvey, Jennifer L. Mckay - News
Employee Spotlight: Kyra Harvey
An introduction to the Bird Banding Laboratory’s newest staff member.