Photo Gallery/Birds: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

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Blue Jay. Photo by Dan Twedt, USGS.	Brown Thrasher. Photo by Dan Twedt, USGS.	Yellow-shafted Flicker. Photo by Scott Somershoe, USGS.

Picture of a mixed least and Royal tern colony in North Carolina where eggs were collected for egg injection studies. Photo by Gary Heinz, USGS. [North Carolina, 2003].	Band recoveries are not a direct measure of duck harvest by hunters because not all bands are reported. To determine band reporting rates, researchers periodically band ducks with standard (silver) and reward (green) bands offering various dollar amounts to those who report reward bands. Photo by Ken Reinecke, USGS.	Mallards have been marked with radio-transmitters during winter in the Lower Mississippi Valley to determine movements, habitat use, and survival during and after the hunting season. Photo by Ken Reinecke, USGS.

American kestrel chicks from the Patuxent colony at 24 days of age. The chicks will fledge in about 4 more days. 2004. Photo by Pete Albers, USGS.	American kestrel chicks from the Patuxent colony at 8 days of age. 2004. Photo by Pete Albers, USGS.	Blue Jay. Photo by Scott Somershoe, USGS.

Carolina Wren. Photo by Scott Somershoe, USGS.	Common Grackle. Photo by Scott Somershoe, USGS.	Eastern Towhee. Photo by Scott Somershoe, USGS.

Great Crested Flycatcher. Photo by Scott Somershoe, USGS.	Kentucky Warbler. Photo by Scott Somershoe, USGS.	Prothonotary Warbler. Photo by Scott Somershoe, USGS.

Rusty Blackbird. Photo by Scott Somershoe, USGS.	Summer Tanager. Photo by Scott Somershoe, USGS.	Tufted Titmouse. Photo by Scott Somershoe, USGS.