Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center scientists are currently conducting research on a wide variety of scientific topics. To view and search Patuxent's projects and other work by USGS staff, click on the following link: Research Topics.
Bird Banding Laboratory – Providing numbered leg bands to bird banders and managing huge databases of bandings and recoveries essential for many migratory bird management and research applications (in partnership with the Canadian Wildlife Service).
Breeding Bird Survey – Monitoring the status of breeding bird populations in the United States and Canada (in partnership with the Canadian Wildlife Service): data, analyses, analytical software, information for participants.
The North American Bird Phenology Program - houses a unique and largely forgotten collection of six million Migration Observer Cards that illuminate migration patterns and population status of birds in North America.
Museum Collections – Acquisition and curation of scientific reference specimens (in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution).
Whooping Crane Restoration – Captive propagation and release of whooping cranes to the wild.
Bird Identification: The Patuxent Wildlife Research Center provides some learning tools for bird identification. These tools include: Patuxent's Bird ID InfoCenter, Patuxent Bird Quiz, Bird Identification Tips, and Seasonal Bird Checklists.
Bird Population Studies – a variety of useful resources derived from Patuxent migratory bird projects.
“Birds of North America” Usage Tool – reference tool for this indispensable series of bird “biographies” published by The Birds of North America.
Bird without an equal: Georgia's Painted Buntings – Website presenting the story of Georgia's Painted Buntings.
Duckdata – A bibliographic database of North American waterfowl (Anatidae) and their wetland habitats.
Historical Bird Data from the Bureau of Biological Survey
National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) Bird Conservation Node Mapping Application
Population Analysis Software – a variety of downloadable, statistical tools for analyzing bird or other population data
Population Databases – Breeding Bird Survey, Breeding Bird Census, Avian Point Counts, Breeding Bird Atlas Explorer, Colonial Waterbirds
Atlantic Seaduck Project: Movements, Habitat Use, and Feeding Ecology of Seaducks
Biological and Ecotoxicological Characteristics of Terrestrial Vertebrates Residing in Estuaries - summary of useful information in selecting sentinels for contaminant monitoring projects.
Contaminant Exposure and Effects-Terrestrial Vertebrates database - searchable database containing over 17,000 geo-referenced data records describing contaminant exposure and effects in free-ranging terrestrial vertebrates in coastal and estuarine habitat in the United States.
Patuxent's Black Duck Joint Venture Projects
Wind Power-Related Research Projects at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center