Eunbi Kwon holding a Western Sandpiper, Nome, Alaska
![Scientist holding a Western Sandpiper with leg band in Nome, Alaska](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/Weiser_Eunbi%20Kwon%20with%20Western%20Sandpiper%20at%20Nome%2030%20May%202014.jpg?itok=PcYVjWnB)
Detailed Description
Eunbi Kwon, a PhD student at Kansas State University at that time, researching the breeding ecology of shorebirds breeding at Nome as part of the Arctic Shorebird Demographics Network collaboration. The bird was marked to allow it to be individually identified when it returned to the study area.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.