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June 30, 2005: Finding the Needle in a Big Haystack: Locating Surf Scoter Nests in the Northern Boreal Forest

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Surf scoters in the winter at San Francisco Bay. Photo credit Dan Gaube, USGS

Surf scoters in the winter at San Francisco Bay.
Photo by Dan Gaube, USGS

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Ready to catch a scoter with a net gun. Photo credit USGS

Ready to catch a scoter with a net gun.
Photo by USGS

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Map of the >2000 mile migration of a satellite-marked scoter. Graphic by William Perry, USGS

Map of the >2000 mile migration of a satellite-marked scoter.
Graphic by William Perry, USGS

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Northern boreal forest habitat where the bird was located. Photo credit Matt Wilson, USGS

Northern boreal forest habitat where the bird was located.
Photo credit Matt Wilson, USGS

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Satellite-marked scoter (note antenna) on a lake near the nest. Photo credit Matt Wilson, USGS

Satellite-marked scoter (note antenna) on a lake near the nest.
Photo by Matt Wilson, USGS.

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Nest and six eggs of surf scoter from San Francisco Bay. Photo credit Matt Wilson, USGS

Nest and six eggs of surf scoter from San Francisco Bay.
Photo by Matt Wilson, USGS.

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