Red Knot banding

Photo By/Credit

Racey, Meagan

Date Shot/Created
09/17/2013
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Red knot cannon netting in Cape Cod. This juvenile red knot has just received a Bird Banding Laboratory metal band with a unique number and an alpha-numeric flag that is also uniquely coded. The lime green color of the flag means it was banded in the U.S.
Subject tags
Work of the Service
Wildlife viewing
Wildlife refuges
Surveying
Mark-recapture studies
Endangered and/or Threatened species
Birds
Biologists (USFWS)