The USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center Bird Banding Lab webinar on the threat of bird collisions, current science and future opportunities. It is estimated that over 1 billion birds are killed annually by collisions with glass every year in the United States.
Stephanie Egger
Stephanie Egger is a biologist at the Bird Banding Laboratory (BBL), at the Eastern Ecological Science Center located in Laurel, MD.
Stephanie is responsible for issuing and administrating federal bird banding permits, curating bird banding and encounter reports within the BBL data management system, providing biological support to banders, and supporting ornithological/scientific needs of the BBL projects and its operations.
Professional Experience
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service in the Office of Protected Resources and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Endangered Species Program
Education and Certifications
Bachelors degree in Marine Biology from Millersville University in 2001
Masters degree in Biology from St. Joseph's University in 2005
Science and Products
Bird Window Collisions
Bird Banding Laboratory
The USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center Bird Banding Lab webinar on the threat of bird collisions, current science and future opportunities. It is estimated that over 1 billion birds are killed annually by collisions with glass every year in the United States.
See that one white feather? This white-throated sparrow is displaying leucism, in which there is partial loss of pigmentation.
See that one white feather? This white-throated sparrow is displaying leucism, in which there is partial loss of pigmentation.
![A women is removing a brown colored bird from a mist net.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/StephanieEgger_2.jpg?itok=_h1iDPky)
Bird Banding Laboratory Biologist, Stephanie Egger, extracts a thrush from a mist net.
Bird Banding Laboratory Biologist, Stephanie Egger, extracts a thrush from a mist net.
![A women is smiling while holding a label bag that reads "Bird Safe Philly"](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/StephanieEgger_1.jpg?itok=6UL6LAG5)
Stephanie Egger smiles for the camera with her Bird Safe Philly program supplies.
Stephanie Egger smiles for the camera with her Bird Safe Philly program supplies.
Science and Products
Bird Window Collisions
Bird Banding Laboratory
The USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center Bird Banding Lab webinar on the threat of bird collisions, current science and future opportunities. It is estimated that over 1 billion birds are killed annually by collisions with glass every year in the United States.
The USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center Bird Banding Lab webinar on the threat of bird collisions, current science and future opportunities. It is estimated that over 1 billion birds are killed annually by collisions with glass every year in the United States.
See that one white feather? This white-throated sparrow is displaying leucism, in which there is partial loss of pigmentation.
See that one white feather? This white-throated sparrow is displaying leucism, in which there is partial loss of pigmentation.
![A women is removing a brown colored bird from a mist net.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/StephanieEgger_2.jpg?itok=_h1iDPky)
Bird Banding Laboratory Biologist, Stephanie Egger, extracts a thrush from a mist net.
Bird Banding Laboratory Biologist, Stephanie Egger, extracts a thrush from a mist net.
![A women is smiling while holding a label bag that reads "Bird Safe Philly"](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/StephanieEgger_1.jpg?itok=6UL6LAG5)
Stephanie Egger smiles for the camera with her Bird Safe Philly program supplies.
Stephanie Egger smiles for the camera with her Bird Safe Philly program supplies.