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Bird researcher setting up mist net to capture Prothonotary Warblers, Illinois. © Byron Jorjorian

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Coast live oak trees punctuate the prairie grasslands at Chimineas Ranch, a protected wildlife corridor linking the Carrizo Plain National Monument with Los Padres National Forest, located within San Luis Obispo County, California. © Mark Dolyak

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