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| -- Satellite Tracking -- Africa -- Whooper Swans -- Bar-headed Geese -- Swan Geese -- Kazakhstan Ducks -- Qinghai Waterbirds -- Poyang Ducks -- |
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Grassland steppe of eastern Mongolia near the border with Russia and China. (Photo credit: D. Prosser, USGS)
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Field camp on a lake in eastern Mongolia, August 2006. (Photo credit: N. Batbayar, Mongolia Wildlife Science and Conservation Center)
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Whooper swans on a lake in eastern Mongolia. (Photo credit: J. Takekawa, USGS)
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Field crew preparing to capture flightless whooper swans during molt. (Photo credit: N. Batbayar, Mongolia WSCC)
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Marking whooper swans with GPS transmitters. (Photo credit: N. Batbayar, Mongolia WSCC)
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Release of a whooper swan marked with a GPS transmitter. (Photo credit: B. Chun, Korea National Museum)
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Satellite tracking movement path of one whooper swan leaving its breeding area in northeastern Mongolia on August 23rd and crossing into southern Russia where it has since occupied several lakes near the small town of Kubukhay (inset). At the Mongolia-Russia border, data indicate that the swan was in-flight, traveling about 35 meters (115 feet) above the ground at 55 km/hour (34 miles/hour). (Image credit: D. Douglas, USGS)
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Four whooper swans have left their breeding grounds in northeastern Mongolia, three of which migrated north across the Russian border in late August. (Image credit: D. Douglas, USGS)
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