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Image of Sandhill cranes roosting site in the Monte Vista NWR taken from a UAS

By Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center March 2011 (approx.)
Image of Sandhill cranes roosting site in the Monte Vista NWR taken from a UAS
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Image of Sandhill cranes roosting site in the Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) taken from a natural color camera mounted on a fixed wing UAS.

In March 2011 the NUSO, in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), performed its first UAS mission in civilian air space at the Monte Vista NWR in Colorado to study the feasibility of using UAS sensors to survey Sandhill cranes. 

 

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