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Researchers band eaglets

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Therese Best measures the talons of a baby eagle.

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Volunteer Kim LeBlanc takes medical notes during the banding of an eagle.

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Volunteer Therese Best draws blood from an eagle.

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Retired U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service biologist Dave Best spreads a wing of a baby eagle.

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Volunteer Therese Best draws blood from an eagle.

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A concerned eagle parent flies around its nest as wildlife biologist Chris Persico of Biodiversity Research Institute in Portland, Maine, retrieves two baby eagles.

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Turtle shells found on the ground near an eagle's nest.

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An eagle is banded at the DTE Energy property. In the foreground from left is notetaker Kim LeBlanc, retired U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service biologist Dave Best and his wife Therese.

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An eagle is banded at the DTE Energy property. From left is Therese, her husband, retired U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service biologist Dave Best, and notetaker Kim LeBlanc.

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DTE Energy employees watch an eagle banding process.

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DTE wildlife habitat intern Alexis Thomas, center, and others watch the retrieval of two eagles from their nest.

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Retired U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service biologist Dave Best holds a baby eagle for photos after it was banded. From left: Heidi Anderson, Alexis Thomas, and Kristen LeForce, DTE wildlife habitat interns.

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Wildlife biologist Chris Persico of Biodiversity Research Institute in Portland, Maine, climbs up a tree to retrieve two baby eagles.

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