Community Science

— Citizen science data helps unlock new secrets every day about the birds we love making conservation success stories possible.

— Bird banding is a valuable tool in the study and conservation of many bird species. Explore insights gleaned from the observation of banded birds.

— The oldest known Brown Pelican was 43. Bird banding research allows biologists to uncover data to help protect and conserve priority species throughout their life cycle.

— Learn about the data discovered by a Red Knot banded in Bahia Lomas, Chile.

— Follow the life of an oystercatcher banded on Champagne Island in Cape May County, NJ in 2007 when it was just a chick.

— This banded Piping Plover is part of the endangered Great Lakes population, which consists of around 70 breeding pairs and their offspring. During 2014, it wintered at Rich Inlet.

— Meet a Least Tern banded as an adult on Cape Lookout National Seashore in the summer of 2010. It later reappeared on the south end of Wrightsville Beach.

— A banded Sandwich Tern was spotted at the south end of Wrightsville Beach. Learn how banding birds like this supports bird conservation science .

— We’re asking you to help search for pink-flagged Piping Plovers.