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FMBC field researcher Emma Cox holds a small bird, called a black-and-white warbler, in her hand and prepares to release it after banding it.
May. 23, 2019
Out of the Classroom: Students Join Scientists to Explore Bird Habitat
In April, the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center spent two weeks in Texas for the second season of “Ecology of Urban Birds,” a program that brings middle school students into the field with...
A blue and white bird, called a cerulean warbler, being held in a researcher's hand
May. 10, 2018
From the Field: Bird Banding on Texas’ Gulf Coast, Chapter 2
In Texas, a team of Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center scientists is studying birds that travel through the Gulf of Mexico.
A small, gray-brown and white bird, called a Louisiana waterthrush, being held in a researcher's hand
Apr. 27, 2018
From the Field: Bird Banding on Texas’ Gulf Coast, Chapter 1
In March, a team of Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center scientists traveled to Texas to begin their annual study of birds that travel through the Gulf of Mexico.
A painted bunting bird perched on someone's hand
May. 09, 2017
Mad Island Spring Migration Expedition Blog 2017
2017 Mad Island field season is underway for Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center scientists at the Clive Runnells Family Mad Island Marsh Preserve!
A painted bunting bird in someone's hand
May. 03, 2017
Smithsonian-led Study Lays Groundwork To Uncover Role of Migration in Bird-Population Declines
The period of a migratory bird’s annual cycle thought to be the most perilous—its twice-annual journeys over oceans and inhospitable landscapes—is also the least understood. A new collaborative study...
May. 26, 2016
Spring Migration on Mad Island, Texas Expedition Blog 2016
Spring migration banding at the Clive Runnell's Mad Island Marsh Preserve.