Jill Shaffer and Todd Katzner presented three talks at the Eagles of the Palearctic Conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan in September 2023 as part of the Embassy Science Fellowship program.
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Jill Shaffer and Todd Katzner presented three talks at the Eagles of the Palearctic Conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan in September 2023 as part of the Embassy Science Fellowship program.
Jill Shaffer presenting on the impacts of renewable energy on golden eagles in the U.S. at the Eagles of the Palearctic Conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in September 2023.
Jill Shaffer presenting on the impacts of renewable energy on golden eagles in the U.S. at the Eagles of the Palearctic Conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in September 2023.
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Jill Shaffer stands below Heligoland nets used to capture migrating birds for banding efforts at Chokpak Ornithological Station in Chokpak, Kazakhstan. Heligoland nets are installed on top of hills or mountains, where they act as funnels, directing birds into a cage.
Jill Shaffer stands below Heligoland nets used to capture migrating birds for banding efforts at Chokpak Ornithological Station in Chokpak, Kazakhstan. Heligoland nets are installed on top of hills or mountains, where they act as funnels, directing birds into a cage.
Scientists survey prairie potholes in Wells County, North Dakota.
The Prairie Pothole Region extends across the central United States and Canada, providing wetland and grassland habitat to thousands of species, including critical breeding habitat for migratory waterbirds.
Scientists survey prairie potholes in Wells County, North Dakota.
The Prairie Pothole Region extends across the central United States and Canada, providing wetland and grassland habitat to thousands of species, including critical breeding habitat for migratory waterbirds.
A Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) sitting on a nest. Piping Plovers breeding in the northern Great Plains, listed as Threatened since 1985, have been managed as a metapopulation consisting of four separate breeding groups with assumed infrequent movements among groups.
A Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) sitting on a nest. Piping Plovers breeding in the northern Great Plains, listed as Threatened since 1985, have been managed as a metapopulation consisting of four separate breeding groups with assumed infrequent movements among groups.
Invasion by annual brome grasses (cheatgrass and Japanese brome) on a trail across native prairie into National Park Service units in the Northern Great Plains.
Invasion by annual brome grasses (cheatgrass and Japanese brome) on a trail across native prairie into National Park Service units in the Northern Great Plains.
USGS biologist Stacy Simanonok captures a bumble bee in a net during a pollinator survey in the grasslands of the North Dakota plains. Researchers are testing environmental DNA sampling methods to determine if this less invasive way to survey for pollinators generates similar results as traditional netting methods.
USGS biologist Stacy Simanonok captures a bumble bee in a net during a pollinator survey in the grasslands of the North Dakota plains. Researchers are testing environmental DNA sampling methods to determine if this less invasive way to survey for pollinators generates similar results as traditional netting methods.
An endangered rusty patched bumble bee visiting a butterfly milkweed flower at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.
An endangered rusty patched bumble bee visiting a butterfly milkweed flower at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.
A Northern Great Plains grassland in North Dakota photographed during a survey for bees and flowers.
A Northern Great Plains grassland in North Dakota photographed during a survey for bees and flowers.
A sea of purple prairie clover in the Northern Great Plains of North Dakota, photographed during a survey for bees and flowers on private property enrolled in a USDA conservation program.
A sea of purple prairie clover in the Northern Great Plains of North Dakota, photographed during a survey for bees and flowers on private property enrolled in a USDA conservation program.
USGS technicians preparing to sample a grassland for bees and flowers in the North Dakota plains. The technicians are counting the number of blooming flowers in a transect.
USGS technicians preparing to sample a grassland for bees and flowers in the North Dakota plains. The technicians are counting the number of blooming flowers in a transect.
Bee nesting block with included image insert showing nesting hole occupied by a bee.
Bee nesting block with included image insert showing nesting hole occupied by a bee.
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Hawkmoth flying near milkweed plant in North Dakota. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center is monitoring milkweed populations across the Central United States.
Hawkmoth flying near milkweed plant in North Dakota. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center is monitoring milkweed populations across the Central United States.
Bumblebee feeding on Phacelia flower found in an established Pollinator Plot at Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, North Dakota.
Bumblebee feeding on Phacelia flower found in an established Pollinator Plot at Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, North Dakota.
An endangered rusty patched bumble bee visiting a prairie dock flower on conservation lands in Illinois. The rusty patched bumble bee is the first pollinator species to be listed as Endangered under the Endangered Species Act in the continental United States.
An endangered rusty patched bumble bee visiting a prairie dock flower on conservation lands in Illinois. The rusty patched bumble bee is the first pollinator species to be listed as Endangered under the Endangered Species Act in the continental United States.
WebCam image of wetland P8 at the Cottonwood Lake Study Area in Stutsman County, North Dakota.
WebCam image of wetland P8 at the Cottonwood Lake Study Area in Stutsman County, North Dakota.
Barred Tiger Salamander Paedomorph, Cottonwood Lake Study Area, North Dakota. Some barred tiger salamanders never metamorphose and keep their larval features (e.g., gills, finlike tail) their whole lives as reproductively mature adults known as paedomorphs, which can grow to be 14 inches in length.
Barred Tiger Salamander Paedomorph, Cottonwood Lake Study Area, North Dakota. Some barred tiger salamanders never metamorphose and keep their larval features (e.g., gills, finlike tail) their whole lives as reproductively mature adults known as paedomorphs, which can grow to be 14 inches in length.
A tractor using a grass-seed drill to plant a tallgrass prairie site in Minnesota.
A tractor using a grass-seed drill to plant a tallgrass prairie site in Minnesota.
Photograph of cattle standing in a prairie-pothole wetland in Stutsman County, North Dakota.
Photograph of cattle standing in a prairie-pothole wetland in Stutsman County, North Dakota.
U.S. Geological Survey scientist with wetland soil sample showing organic carbon.
U.S. Geological Survey scientist with wetland soil sample showing organic carbon.
Two USGS research technicians walk across a sparsely vegetated sandbar towards the Missouri River while surveying for piping plovers.
Two USGS research technicians walk across a sparsely vegetated sandbar towards the Missouri River while surveying for piping plovers.