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Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairba
Bob Gill had to look twice at his computer the other day. The two birds he was tracking in Alaska via Google Earth had veered off the lower right corner of the computer screen.
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Alaska Science Forum: The flight of the Kanuti whimbrel
Alaska Science Forum: The flight of the Kanuti whimbrel
Photo By Dan Ruthrauff
Extending from the tail of the whimbrel is an antenna for a surgically implanted satellite transmitter.
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