Stories from the Field: Bird Banding in the Great Lakes

Written By: Andrew Connolly
​As the sun began to creep above the horizon, I watched its rays glisten across the calm waves while we navigated across Lake Erie to a small island a few miles from the Canadian border. We rose pre-dawn to eat and load our gear onto the M/V BioLab, the oldest active research vessel on Lake Erie, before setting off from our private research island towards the next island over, Middle Bass Island. My role: Biological Field Station Assistant. What this means: deck hand, research assistant, and any other task that is needed. 

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