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Project RedBand | 2020 - 12

            Project RedBand

A citizen-science based project on Barnegat Bay to engage locals and visitors to the Jersey Shore in osprey management and conservation.

Ospreys have made a remarkable recovery in New Jersey. Over the past 40 years we have seen the population grow from only 53 pairs in 1973 to 542 in 2013! Over that same time funding needed for their management has declined. Today their population is not in jeopardy of being extirpated as it was in the early 1970s. As funding is being directed towards species that are in decline, we move to utilize our citizen scientists and volunteers to help monitor and manage the population.

To help engage citizen scientists and for the first time in over 20 years, young ospreys have been marked with an auxiliary band in New Jersey. The new band, which is a red anodized aluminum rivet band bears an alpha-numeric code allows birders, osprey watchers and wildlife photographers the ability to identify these individual birds by their bands. This new project is being focused on ospreys that nest in the Barnegat Bay watershed from Point Pleasant south to Little Egg Harbor. The main goals of the project are to engage the public in osprey management and conservation along the Jersey Shore. At the same time, while collecting data from re-sightings, we will learn about their dispersal, foraging habits, site fidelity, migration routes, and their life span.

All auxiliary banded osprey in NJ wear the red band on their right leg.

Taken on: August 1, 2020

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Animal

Avian

Bird of Prey

Birding

Birdwatching

Conservation

Environment

Environmental

Feathers

Fish Eagle

Fish Hawk

Garden State

Habitat

Jersey Shore

Monmouth County

Nature

New Jersey

Nikon AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR

Nikon D5

Ornithology

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Perch

Perched

Perching

Plumage

Raptor

Sea Hawk

Sky

USA

United States

Wild

Wildlife

Wildlife Photography

CWFNJ

Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ

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Camera: Nikon D5, f/8.0, 1/2500 sec, 200mm, ISO 500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D5
Lens:	70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	1/2500 sec
Focal Length:	200mm
ISO:	500
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9.3 (Macintosh)
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