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Attendees for the Congressional Event at EESC's Patuxent Research Refuge gather before the first station of the morning 

This is the first Prothonotary Warbler since 2007 at the BBL's Fall Migration Station. 

To age and sex Magnolia Warbler's in the hand, scientists look for clues in the tail. These large square white patches are an excellent indication that this bird is an after hatch year, male Magnolia Warbler. 

In the fall of 2022, the BBL's Fall Migration Station had a surprising number of early migrants pass through the station at the end of August, including an abundance of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers. 

A beautiful, sunny day with blue skies at the Leetown trout pond while on a birding excursion with the Potomac Valley Audubon Society.  This trout pond plays an important role in the community and gives veterans and handicapped groups the chance to get outside and catch big trout!  It also provides nourishing trout to the resident  bald eagles.

This hatch-year American Robin was the 100th newly banded bird at the Patuxent Research Refuge's MAPS station during the summer of 2022. 

A USGS researcher pilots a drone over the Leetown Research Laboratory ponds as part of an effort to explore how remote sensing may be able to inform efforts to identify and track the extent of Harmful Algal Blooms.

Matt Burgess from the USGS National Uncrewed Systems Office pilots a drone over research ponds at the Eastern Ecological Science Center as part of a methods development campaign to examine how multiple types of remote sensors may be used to map and identify algae, including those that lead to Harmful Algal Blooms.

Blue Ridge sculpin (Cottus caeruleomentum) are being acclimated to the water temperature and chemistry of the Experimental Stream Laboratory at the Eastern Ecological Science Center in West Virginia. Fish from this study will be used to restore an extirpated population in Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland.

Technicians calibrate a UAS before conducting aerial surveys at Leetown Research Lab ponds.

Elaine Nakash educates visitors and volunteers alike at the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory's display table, which was setup for the Latino Conservation Week event at the National Wildlife Visitor Center at Patuxent Research Refuge. 

One of the raptor handlers educates people for Latino Conservation Week at the National Wildlife Visitor Center, Patuxent Research Refuge. 

A juvenile Yellow-breasted Chat peers out from a shrub, Eastern Ecological Science Center at the Patuxent Research Refuge

Wheat seeds with (A) and without (B) neonicotinoid coating. Wheat seeds with neonicotinoid coating were fed to eight Delaware chickens in summer 2022 as part of a controlled experiment to better determine what effect (if any) neonicotinoid-treated seeds have on birds that consume them.

A Delaware breed chicken is part of a controlled experiment to better determine what effect (if any) neonicotinoid-treated seeds have on birds that consume them. Results from this experiment may inform future field research on the potential sublethal effects of agricultural practices on Washington state sage grouse, a state-endangered species.

These Delaware breed chickens are part of a controlled experiment to better determine what effect (if any) neonicotinoid-treated seeds have on birds that consume them. Results from this experiment may inform future field research on the potential sublethal effects of agricultural practices on Washington state sage grouse, a state-endangered species.

A Delaware breed chicken is part of a controlled experiment to better determine what effect (if any) neonicotinoid-treated seeds have on birds that consume them. Results from this experiment may inform future field research on the potential sublethal effects of agricultural practices on Washington state sage grouse, a state-endangered species.

Scale diagram of EESC’s fish passage complex at the S.O. Conte Research Laboratory in Turners Falls, MA.

Prosser Team and additional volunteers on Poplar Island, Maryland in 2022 field season

Justine Neville (left) and Brendan Crossman (right) work to download and examine the data obtained from the site's sap flow probes, which were installed in early May. To learn more, contact Justine Neville at jneville@usgs.gov or David Walters at davidwalters@usgs.gov.

An adult Yellow-breasted Chat keeps watch from a perch above a nearby nest, Eastern Ecological Science Center at the Patuxent Research Refuge