Bird-banding Kit
The kit contains over 600 pieces and was used at the Bird Banding Laboratory at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Maryland. Object ID: USGS-000219...
Location: USA

Students recording bird band recovery records
Students Anaga Nmagu and Danielle Travers, hired with ARRA funds, are converting more than one million hand-written bird band recovery records into digital format at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Once digitized, these invaluable recovery records will be linked to the Bird Banding La...
Location: Reston, VA, USA

Flock of birds
A large flock of birds, mostly egrets, resting and flying along a canal on Highway 833 (a short drive north off of I-75 (Alligator Alley))....
Location: FL, USA

Great Blue Heron and Great Egret
A great blue heron and great egret in the parking lot by the Big Cypress Bend boardwalk at Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve. The heron is enjoying a fish dinner thanks to the hunting skills of the egret. While the egret had initially held a fish in it's beak, the heron’s squabbling caused the...
Location: FL, USA

Brown Pelican
Adult brown pelican posing on a boat dock at Everglades City, Florida....
Location: FL, USA

Waterbirds
Small waterbirds resting atop a limestone outcropping in Chokoloskee Bay....
Location: FL, USA

Royal terns
Royal terns atop a channel marker in the Ten Thousand Islands waterway....
Location: FL, USA

Osprey
Osprey family in nest, built atop one of the mangrove islands that make up Ten Thousand Islands....
Location: FL, USA

Akiapolaau Honeycreeper
While the susceptibility of endangered akiapolaau honeycreepers to avian malaria is unknown, it is likely very high given their current restriction to the highest elevation forests on the island of Hawaii....
Location: USA

Amakihi Honeycreeper
During the past decade populations of this honeycreeper have begun to rebound at lower elevations on most of the main Hawaiian Islands, in spite of high prevalence of infection with avian malaria. Natural selection for resistance to avian malaria is the leading explanation for this rebound and rece...
Location: USA

Akepa Honeycreeper
While the susceptibility of endangered akepa honeycreepers to avian malaria is unknown, it is likely very high given their current restriction to the highest elevation forests on the island of Hawaii....
Location: USA

Iiwi Honeycreeper
While still common at higher elevations, iiwi are extremely susceptible to avian malaria. Mortality is as high as 90% after exposure to a single infective mosquito bite under laboratory conditions....
Location: USA

Female Broad-Tailed Hummingbird
A female broad-tailed hummingbird visiting a flower near the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Colorado....
Location: CO, USA

Little Blue Heron Siblings
Little blue herons are a species recorded in the historical bird phenology cards....
Location: USA

Yellow-Headed Blackbird Fledgling.
Yellow-headed blackbird fledgling. This species is also recorded in the Bird Phenology Program cards....
Location: USA