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USGS scientist takes a blood sample from a blue-winged teal (Anas discors) on the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas as part of a study on migratory birds and the pathogens they may carry between continents. The USGS is conducting studies to determine the types of pathogens potentially being introduced by migratory birds into North America from Asia, South America, and Europe.