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Watch: Drone, it’s a duck!

April 12, 2019 by The Wildlife Society

Follow scientists with the U.S. fish and Wildlife Service and the University of New Mexico’s Geography and Environmental Studies, as they use unmanned aerial systems at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico to survey duck populations. 

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Header Image: Snow geese take flight over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife refuge in New Mexico, where biologists used a drone to count ducks. ©mwwile

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