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Floating Mist Net Set for Steller's Eiders Swabbing a Steller's Eider Drake for H5N1 Avian Influenza Coralling Black Brant

Tagged Tundra Swan on the Yukon Delta with a Native Alaskan youth - photo by Craig Ely - USGS Where Have You Been and Who Have You Been With?: Determining Associations and Movements of Migratory Birds Using Stable Isotopes and Viral Markers
Emperor Goose on nest - photo by Craig Ely - USGS Spatial and Temporal Variation in Avian Influenza Strains in Emperor Geese:  Influence of Migration History, Age, and Population Density
Common Eider pair - photo by Jeff Wasley - USGS Movements of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1) in Relation to Migration Patterns of Pacific Common Eiders
Black Brant on a nest - photo by Jeff Wasley - USGS Sampling Black Brant for Highly Pathogenic Avain Influenza (H5N1) and Non-H5N1 Viruses During Nesting, Brood Rearing, and Molting
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - photo by by Robert Gill, Jr. - USGS

Migratory Connectivity and Seasonal Interactions of Shorebirds as Potential Vectors of Avian Influenza

Movements of Bar-tailed Godwits with Satellite Transmitters

Northern Pintail - photo by Jeff Wasley - USGS

Assessment of virus movement across continents: using Northern Pintails (Anas acuta) as a test - A proposed collaborative study between U.S. and Japanese researchers. U.S. Collaborators include: Alaska Science Center, National Wildlife Health Center and University of Alaska Fairbanks - PDF file 772 kb

Movements of Northern Pintail Ducks and Whooper Swans Marked with Satellite Transmitters

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