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Mallard Duck swimming
Mallard Duck swimming
Mallard Duck swimming
Mallard Duck swimming

Mallard Duck swimming

A Spectacled Eider with radio transmitter wire on its back.
A Spectacled Eider carrying a radio transmitter
A Spectacled Eider carrying a radio transmitter
A Spectacled Eider carrying a radio transmitter

A Spectacled Eider carrying an intracoelomic radio transmitter near the Colville River. To track the movements of Spectacled Eider and other waterfowl for extended periods of time, intracoelomic radio transmitters were surgically implanted in birds during the late 90s through the early 2010s.

A Spectacled Eider carrying an intracoelomic radio transmitter near the Colville River. To track the movements of Spectacled Eider and other waterfowl for extended periods of time, intracoelomic radio transmitters were surgically implanted in birds during the late 90s through the early 2010s.

Mallard duck being held by scientists with gloved hands while another scientist swabs duck's cloacal.
USGS biologists swab a hen mallard duck for avian influenza
USGS biologists swab a hen mallard duck for avian influenza
USGS biologists swab a hen mallard duck for avian influenza

USGS biologists swab a hen mallard duck for avian influenza in Rio Grande County, Colorado.

Image: Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae)
Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae)
Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae)
Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae)

Close up of a Costa's hummingbird perched on twig.

A USFWS Biologist holds a set of bird bands and pliers and, finishes banding a Black-footed Albatross while another man crouches to release the bird.
Black-footed Albatross Banding
Black-footed Albatross Banding
Black-footed Albatross Banding

Jon Plissner (USFWS Biologist) bands a Black-footed Albatross on Midway Atoll, Northwest Hawaiian Islands.

Jon Plissner (USFWS Biologist) bands a Black-footed Albatross on Midway Atoll, Northwest Hawaiian Islands.