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A Tufted Titmouse recaptured at the Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station in 2021, originally banded at the station in 2013.

Student contractor and amphibian research technician, Claire Netto, is handling a salamander captured at Wendell State Forest in Wendell, MA. This salamander is one of many being monitored by the Northeast Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (NEARMI) using mark-recapture techniques.

Orange and yellow autumn foliage forms arch on American Holly Drive at the Patuxent Research Refuge in Laurel, MD. 

The Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab piloted a process in 2021 to propagate woody plants from cuttings. Once large enough, these plants will be used in the garden at Patuxent Research Refuge or distributed to the public for planting on their own properties. 

The Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab staff and volunteers will collect these seed heads for future use in the learning garden or for distribution to the public to plant on their own properties.

Alex Haro holds a juvenile sea lamprey (transformer) prior to tagging for a light deterrent study at EESC S.O. Conte Research laboratory's fish passage complex.  This lamprey has begun its dramatic metamorphosis developing eyes and oral disks covered with pointy teeth and is ready to begin migrating downstream to the sea.

Juvenile lamprey transformers collected in the Connecticut River are measured and weighed prior to implantation with a passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag as part of a light deterrent study at EESC S.O. Conte Research laboratory's fish passage complex.

Alex Haro surgically implants passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag into juvenile lamprey (transformer) in preparation for a light deterrent study at EESC S.O. Conte Research laboratory's fish passage complex.

Alex Haro prepares to implant passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag into juvenile lamprey (transformer) in preparation for a light deterrent study at EESC S.O. Conte Research laboratory's fish passage complex.

This photo shows USGS researchers Kyle Fronte and Karli Rogers measuring stream flow for fish habitat assessment in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.

This photo shows USGS Researcher Karli Rogers measuring streamflow with salt dilution in support of drought ecology research in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.

This photo shows Karli Rogers gathering gage height data to support research on a headwater stream gage in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.

A bander examine's the wing of a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, using Peter Pyle's book "Identification Guide to North American Birds" to age and sex the individual. 

The first House Finch caught at the USGS Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station since 1999. 

Clay Raines, a USGS scientist, performing a dermal swab on a Largemouth Bass at a Bass Pro Shops retail store with a presumptive case of blotchy bass syndrome.  The collected swabs can be used to isolate DNA and RNA which can be used to identify pathogens including those associated with hyperpigmentation.

A dermal swab being used on a Largemouth Bass at a Bass Pro Shops retail store with a presumptive case of blotchy bass syndrome.   We can see the transfer of pigmented epidermal tissue to the swab changing its color. The collected swabs can be used to isolate DNA and RNA which can be used to identify pathogens including those associated with hyperpigmentation.

A photograph of geodetic surveying at the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Site (National Park Service).

Cape May Warbler banded at the USGS Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.

Julie Dietze checks suplies for the QAQC test on the temperature cards in a walk in freezer.

Annaliese Estevez, Leyton Brunner, and Emiley Fletcher, three student interns helping the Logistics Teams, stand in front of logistics supplies.

Clay Raines performs primary filtration of pasteurized wastewater in the Biosafety Level-3 Lab