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Melissa Roach with pelican chicks at Smith Island

2019 (approx.)

Detailed Description

Northeast Region Photo Contest, August 2019, USGS at Work
Melissa Roach, biologist, with the Patuxent Bird Banding Lab, keeps pelican chicks that are waiting for banding from sneaking away into the marsh on Smith Island in Chesapeake Bay

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

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