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EESC Bird Banding Lab_Matt Rogosky and Lauren Walker_Sep 15 2021_Tom OConnell Credit
EESC Bird Banding Lab_Matt Rogosky and Lauren Walker_Sep 15 2021
EESC Bird Banding Lab_Matt Rogosky and Lauren Walker_Sep 15 2021
EESC Bird Banding Lab_Matt Rogosky and Lauren Walker_Sep 15 2021

EESC Bird Banding Lab_Matt Rogosky and Lauren Walker_Sep 15 2021_Tom OConnell Credit

EESC Bird Banding Lab at Patuxent Research Refuge on Sep 15 2021_Kyra Harvey
EESC Bird Banding Lab at PRR on Sep 15 2021_Kyra Harvey
EESC Bird Banding Lab at PRR on Sep 15 2021_Kyra Harvey
EESC Bird Banding Lab at PRR on Sep 15 2021_Kyra Harvey

The Eastern Ecological Science Center Bird Banding Lab at Patuxent Research Refuge on Sep 15 2021 Kyra Harvey.

The Eastern Ecological Science Center Bird Banding Lab at Patuxent Research Refuge on Sep 15 2021 Kyra Harvey.

EESC Bird Banding Lab_Team Photo_Sep 15 2021_Tom OConnell Credit
EESC Bird Banding Lab_Team Photo_Sep 15 2021_Tom OConnell Credit
EESC Bird Banding Lab_Team Photo_Sep 15 2021_Tom OConnell Credit
EESC Bird Banding Lab_Team Photo_Sep 15 2021_Tom OConnell Credit

EESC Bird Banding Lab Team Photo Sep 15 2021_Tom O'Connell Credit.  This photos show the team of banders at the bird banding station during fall migration at Patuxent Research Refuge

EESC Bird Banding Lab Team Photo Sep 15 2021_Tom O'Connell Credit.  This photos show the team of banders at the bird banding station during fall migration at Patuxent Research Refuge

A small, yellow bird with a black face held in the hand, with a metal band on it's leg.
A recently banded Canada Warbler
A recently banded Canada Warbler
A recently banded Canada Warbler

A Canada Warbler with new band at the Bird Banding Lab's fall station.          

A Canada Warbler with new band at the Bird Banding Lab's fall station.          

A small, yellow bird with a white eye-ring, held in the hand.
Conneticut Warbler
Conneticut Warbler
Conneticut Warbler

A Connecticut Warbler banded at the Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.

A Connecticut Warbler banded at the Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.

Tail feathers are spread out and examined next to ruler.
Downy Woodpecker tail molt
Downy Woodpecker tail molt
Downy Woodpecker tail molt

Downy Woodpecker's tail is spread to better view marking and two new tail feathers growing in, during banding at the USGS Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.

Downy Woodpecker's tail is spread to better view marking and two new tail feathers growing in, during banding at the USGS Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.

a yellow songbird with a blue-wing and black eyeline is held in the hand
Blue-winged Warbler in the hand
Blue-winged Warbler in the hand
Blue-winged Warbler in the hand

An adult female Blue-winged Warbler at the USGS Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station. 

An adult female Blue-winged Warbler at the USGS Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station. 

a brown-backed bird with a bright yellow eye, with a metal band around its leg
Brown Thrasher with USGS band
Brown Thrasher with USGS band
Brown Thrasher with USGS band

A Brown Thrasher who has just received its unique 9-digt USGS band at the USGS Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.

A Brown Thrasher who has just received its unique 9-digt USGS band at the USGS Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.

A bird with a long bill is being banded with specially-designed pliers
Banding an American Woodcock
Banding an American Woodcock
Banding an American Woodcock

An American Woodcock receives its USGS metal band at the Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.

An American Woodcock receives its USGS metal band at the Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.

A small yellow-olive bird in the hand.
A Yellow-bellied Flycatcher in the hand
A Yellow-bellied Flycatcher in the hand
A Yellow-bellied Flycatcher in the hand

A Yellow-bellied Flycatcher banded at the Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.

A Yellow-bellied Flycatcher banded at the Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.

Several people sit at a table under a wooden roof banding birds.
Old Banding Station
Old Banding Station
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. 

One biologist holds a pelican chick while another applies a metal leg band.
Banding pelican chick
Banding pelican chick
Banding pelican chick

Melissa Roach, biologist with the Patuxent Bird Banding Lab, bands a pelican chick on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay.

Melissa Roach, biologist with the Patuxent Bird Banding Lab, bands a pelican chick on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay.

Three biologists dressed in outdoor field gear and carrying equipment including a dip net, camera, and bird bands.
Preparing for pelican banding.
Preparing for pelican banding.
Preparing for pelican banding.

Three biologists with the USGS Bird Banding Lab at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center prepare to band pelican chicks on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay.

Three biologists with the USGS Bird Banding Lab at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center prepare to band pelican chicks on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay.

Two double-crested cormorant chicks in a nest.
Cormorant chicks in nest
Cormorant chicks in nest
Cormorant chicks in nest

Two double-crested cormorant chicks in their nest on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.

Two double-crested cormorant chicks in their nest on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.

Laysan Albatross colony on Midway Atoll, Northwest Hawaiian Islands
Laysan Albatross Colony on Midway Atoll
Laysan Albatross Colony on Midway Atoll
Laysan Albatross Colony on Midway Atoll

Laysan Albatross nesting colony on Sand Island, Midway Atoll, Northwest Hawaiian Islands.

Laysan Albatross nesting colony on Sand Island, Midway Atoll, Northwest Hawaiian Islands.

A mistnet set up in shrubby habitat under high-voltage powerlines.
BBL banding at Patuxent Research Refuge
BBL banding at Patuxent Research Refuge
BBL banding at Patuxent Research Refuge

Think habitat: not grass. Powerlines that run through the Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge, near Laurel, MD are managed as shrub habitat instead of mowed, which provides stopover habitat for migratory birds.

Think habitat: not grass. Powerlines that run through the Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge, near Laurel, MD are managed as shrub habitat instead of mowed, which provides stopover habitat for migratory birds.

A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on a cold winter day
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on a cold winter day taken in Owings, Maryland, USA

A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on a cold winter day taken in Owings, Maryland, USA

Image: An Endangered Honeycreeper, the  ‘Akeke‘e (Kaua‘i Akepa), in Hawai‘i
An Endangered Honeycreeper, the ‘Akeke‘e (Kaua‘i Akepa), in Hawai‘i
An Endangered Honeycreeper, the ‘Akeke‘e (Kaua‘i Akepa), in Hawai‘i
An Endangered Honeycreeper, the ‘Akeke‘e (Kaua‘i Akepa), in Hawai‘i

Many species of Hawaiian honeycreepers have persisted into the 20th century because high elevation rain forests on the islands of Kaua’i, Maui, and Hawai’i are cool enough to limit transmission of introduced avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum).

Many species of Hawaiian honeycreepers have persisted into the 20th century because high elevation rain forests on the islands of Kaua’i, Maui, and Hawai’i are cool enough to limit transmission of introduced avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum).

Red-tailed Tropicbird and chick
Red-tailed Tropicbird and chick
Red-tailed Tropicbird and chick
Red-tailed Tropicbird and chick

Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) and chick.

Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) and chick.

Mallard Duck swimming
Mallard Duck swimming
Mallard Duck swimming
Mallard Duck swimming

Mallard Duck swimming

A Spectacled Eider with radio transmitter wire on its back.
A Spectacled Eider carrying a radio transmitter
A Spectacled Eider carrying a radio transmitter
A Spectacled Eider carrying a radio transmitter

A Spectacled Eider carrying an intracoelomic radio transmitter near the Colville River. To track the movements of Spectacled Eider and other waterfowl for extended periods of time, intracoelomic radio transmitters were surgically implanted in birds during the late 90s through the early 2010s.

A Spectacled Eider carrying an intracoelomic radio transmitter near the Colville River. To track the movements of Spectacled Eider and other waterfowl for extended periods of time, intracoelomic radio transmitters were surgically implanted in birds during the late 90s through the early 2010s.