King Eider Tagging
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Detailed Description
Graduate students hold a female king eider captured in June 2008 in northern Alaska. Researchers band the birds with a numbered metal band that allows individual identification. Female king eiders return to the same nesting area every year.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.