Joe Robison, regional field operations manager with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, hands an osprey chick down from its nest to state wildlife biologist Julie Oakes.
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Joe Robison holds a chick as Julie Oakes puts a band on it at Pointe Mouillee State Game Area. The bands have a serial number unique to each bird and the phone number and website of the U.S. Geological Survey, where all data is stored.
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Officials from Michigan Department of Natural Resources take blood from an osprey chick at Pointe Mouillee State Game Area in South Rockwood, Mich.
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An adult osprey soars overhead.
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An osprey chick waits to be banded.
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An adult osprey soars overhead.
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Water is poured on the feet of an osprey chick to cool it off.
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An adult osprey soars overhead.
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Michigan Department of Natural Recources wildlife biologist Zach Cooley steadies a boat as Joe Robison and Julie Oakes bring back four osprey chicks to be banded.
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Four osprey chicks huddle together in a box.
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Joe Robison steers his boat as Julie Oakes looks at an osprey chick as they an others gather the chicks to be banded.
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Officials from Michigan Department of Natural Resources band an osprey chick.
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Michigan Department of Natural Resources wildlife officer Julie Oakes holds an osprey chick as she and other MDNR officials band the chicks.
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Joe Robison, regional field operations manager with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, hands an osprey chick down from its nest to state wildlife biologist Julie Oakes.
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Joe Robison steers his boat out to an osprey nest.
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