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Researching Black-bellied Whistling Ducks utilizing bird bands

2020 (approx.)

Detailed Description

Holding banded Black-bellied Whistling Ducks are band resight extraordinaire Alvin Attenhofer on the left and on the right Paul Link, Research Program Manager of LA Department of Wildlife & Fisheries. These Black-bellied Whistling Ducks are a part of a project initiated in 2011 which studies the movement ecology and survival of this duck species in south Louisiana. (Credit: Michael Slazer)

Sources/Usage

Photo permission granted to USGS Bird Banding Laboratory for limited use in the Notes From the Field: Black-bellied Whistling Duck article. 

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