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Radiomarked Common Loon

Detailed Description

A juvenile common loon wearing a satellite transmitter antenna follows an adult.

USGS scientists and partners captured and radiomarked juvenile common loons on lakes scattered across Minnesota and Wisconsin during the last two weeks of August 2014 to track their movements and wintering ground uses. 

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.