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Least Tern Count 2004

In July 2004 I participated in the Army Corps of Engineer's annual count of the Least Tern, an endangered water bird, on the lower Mississippi. I'll have more information here about the results of the count when they become available - for now, here are some photos I took on the river between Cape Girardeau, MO and Dyersburg, TN.


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Boat ready to
launch
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Ken Jones
is the pilot
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240HP Yamaha
motors in action
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River vista

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Beaching on
a sandbar
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Least tern
habitat
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Least tern
colony
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Least tern
chicks
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Least tern
chicks
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Least tern
eggs
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Least tern
eggs
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River
levels
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Towboat and
barges
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Self-portrait

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Bridge to
Caruthersville, MO
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Wing dam

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Another
towboat
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Zebra mussel
shells
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Power plant at
Cape Girardeau, MO
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Entering data
about a colony
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Brand new
barges
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Barge
factory
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Gassing
the boat
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Corps of
Engineers biologists
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Seawall mural at
Cape Girardeau
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Cape G.
bridges
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Least tern
habitat
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Least tern
habitat
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Least tern
habitat
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Least tern
habitat
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Data
sheet
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Ohio and Miss.
river confluence
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Bridge to
Cairo, IL
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Towboat

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Towboat

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Least tern
chick and egg
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Corps of
Engineers barge
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Corps of
Engineers barge
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Wing dam

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Pelicans

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Pelicans

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Pelicans

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Pelicans

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Pelicans

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Pelicans

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Pelicans

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Pelicans

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Pelicans

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Pelicans

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Pelicans

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Immature
bald eagle
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Immature
bald eagle
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Towboat
up close
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New
barges
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Towboat

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Tennesse
boat landing
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