Managing the Peregrine Falcon Population in Virginia

Using a Loop to Inspect Crown – Bryan Watts uses a magnifying loop to examine the crown of a Red-cockaded Woodpecker chick. This technique is used to look for red feathers emerging in the crown to determine gender when banding.
Banding Red-cockaded Woodpeckers on Piney Grove Preserve
January 3, 2013
Workers on a Panama mudflat. Photo by the Center for Conservation Biology.
Students Travel to Panama to Study Birds and Mangroves
January 3, 2013