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Episode #299 Blue-Winged Teal Duckling Survival Jumped From 20% to 70% | Grant Rhodes
Blue-Winged Teal Duckling Survival Jumped From 20% to 70% | Grant Rhodes
Biologist Grant Rhodes returns to the North American Waterfowler Podcast for the third year in a row to share what he learned during his fourth field season studying Blue-winged Teal across the Prairie Pothole Region.
Grant and his team are using drones equipped with thermal imaging, radio telemetry, and uniquely marked hens to study Blue-winged Teal broods and better understand what actually drives duckling survival.
And this year produced some incredible results.
After seeing duckling survival around 20% in previous…
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