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Collecting a small blood sample from a Light-footed Ridgway's Rail

By Species Management Research Program 2021 (approx.)
Two people in reflective vests crouch in tall grasses near water collecting samples from a bird
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USGS scientists Julia Smith and Amy Vandergast banding and collecting a small blood sample from a Light-footed Ridgway's Rail in Orange County, CA. 

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