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An adult skua stretches its wings, revealing identification tags used by AMLRscientists to study foraging behavior of an animal throughout a single breedingseason

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Description

An adult skua stretches its wings, revealing identification tags used by AMLRscientists to study foraging behavior of an animal throughout a single breedingseason. The tags are molted off with the feathers at the end of the season.

Credit

NOAA NMFS SWFSC Antarctic Marine Living Resources (AMLR) Program

Photographer

Dr. Wayne Trivelpiece

Display Date

1976

Location

Antarctica, King George Island

Collection

Fisheries