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Red-eyed vireo with radio transmitter attached to its back.
The red-eyed vireo, is one of the songbirds the team researched, shown here with a radio transmitter fitted to its back, using an adhesive. The transmitters recorded birds' locations as they migrated across the Gulf of Mexico.
Credit: Jaclyn Smolinksy
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