What’s so cool about this bird? Check out that large seed-cracking, grasshopper-chomping bill, that helps us ID this as a Blue Grosbeak. Based on its plumage, the banders were able to determine this bird was born this year and was caught in the same net as two other young Blue Grosbeaks.
Matthew Rogosky
Matt Rogosky is a biologist at the Bird Banding Laboratory (BBL), at the Eastern Ecological Science Center located in Laurel, MD.
Matt is currently responsible for auxiliary marking sightings and auxiliary marking authorizations for permits. Other related duties include: Bandit support, running the MAPS station and the long-term fall migration monitoring station at the FWS Patuxent Research Refuge.
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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...
Hatch year Blue Grosbeak
What’s so cool about this bird? Check out that large seed-cracking, grasshopper-chomping bill, that helps us ID this as a Blue Grosbeak. Based on its plumage, the banders were able to determine this bird was born this year and was caught in the same net as two other young Blue Grosbeaks.
Indigo Bunting wing molt
Scientists at the banding station collect population data, including age and sex. Due to color contrast, Indigo Bunting wings are a great example of the feather wear and replacement that scientists look at to age a bird. This male Indigo Bunting has 3 different feather ages, which tells us it was born last year.
Scientists at the banding station collect population data, including age and sex. Due to color contrast, Indigo Bunting wings are a great example of the feather wear and replacement that scientists look at to age a bird. This male Indigo Bunting has 3 different feather ages, which tells us it was born last year.
Old Banding Station
This is the banding station used by BBL for years before the recent upgrades.
This is the banding station used by BBL for years before the recent upgrades.
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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...
Hatch year Blue Grosbeak
What’s so cool about this bird? Check out that large seed-cracking, grasshopper-chomping bill, that helps us ID this as a Blue Grosbeak. Based on its plumage, the banders were able to determine this bird was born this year and was caught in the same net as two other young Blue Grosbeaks.
What’s so cool about this bird? Check out that large seed-cracking, grasshopper-chomping bill, that helps us ID this as a Blue Grosbeak. Based on its plumage, the banders were able to determine this bird was born this year and was caught in the same net as two other young Blue Grosbeaks.
Indigo Bunting wing molt
Scientists at the banding station collect population data, including age and sex. Due to color contrast, Indigo Bunting wings are a great example of the feather wear and replacement that scientists look at to age a bird. This male Indigo Bunting has 3 different feather ages, which tells us it was born last year.
Scientists at the banding station collect population data, including age and sex. Due to color contrast, Indigo Bunting wings are a great example of the feather wear and replacement that scientists look at to age a bird. This male Indigo Bunting has 3 different feather ages, which tells us it was born last year.
Old Banding Station
This is the banding station used by BBL for years before the recent upgrades.
This is the banding station used by BBL for years before the recent upgrades.