Suzanne Peurach
Suzy is a Biologist in the Bird Banding Laboratory at the Eastern Ecological Science Center at the Patuxent Research Refuge in Laurel, MD
Suzy is currently stationed within the Bird Banding Lab (BBL) where her focus is on matching encounter reports with birds sporting auxillary markers to banding records and related correspondence between reports and banders; serving on the permit authorization review committee; and overseeing nomenclatural updates to the BBL database.
Science and Products
Wildlife Airstrike Identification
The Challenge: Although wildlife strikes have been investigated for decades, awareness of the dangers involved with aircraft/wildlife collisions was brought to the attention of the public when US Airways Flight 1549 struck what turned out to be a flock of Canada geese in 2009. Wildlife/aircraft collisions can be hazardous not only to the animal(s) involved, but also to people and costly equipment...
Collections and Collection Management
The Challenge: How can we preserve and maintain evidence from our scientific past and continue to smartly expand that resource to help scientists find the answers to the questions and challenges they will face in the future?
North American Bat Data Integration
The purpose of this project was to integrate the Bat Banding Program data (1932-1972) and the U.S. and Canada diagnostic data for white-nose syndrome with the USGS Bat Population Data (BPD) Project and provide the bat research community with secure, role-based access to these previously unavailable datasets. The objectives of this project were to: 1) integrate WNS diagnostic data into...
Science and Products
Wildlife Airstrike Identification
The Challenge: Although wildlife strikes have been investigated for decades, awareness of the dangers involved with aircraft/wildlife collisions was brought to the attention of the public when US Airways Flight 1549 struck what turned out to be a flock of Canada geese in 2009. Wildlife/aircraft collisions can be hazardous not only to the animal(s) involved, but also to people and costly equipment...
Collections and Collection Management
The Challenge: How can we preserve and maintain evidence from our scientific past and continue to smartly expand that resource to help scientists find the answers to the questions and challenges they will face in the future?
North American Bat Data Integration
The purpose of this project was to integrate the Bat Banding Program data (1932-1972) and the U.S. and Canada diagnostic data for white-nose syndrome with the USGS Bat Population Data (BPD) Project and provide the bat research community with secure, role-based access to these previously unavailable datasets. The objectives of this project were to: 1) integrate WNS diagnostic data into...