The buffy tips to many of the coverts and body feathers identifies this as a HY bird. For banders, this bird can be identified by their short tarsus and long wings.
Powdermill Nature Reserve’s avian research center is part of Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s biological research station in Rector, Pennsylvania. The research center operates a bird banding station, conducts bioacoustical research, and performs flight tunnel analysis with the goal of reducing window collisions.
