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West of Appleton, MN, USA

Photos: BP oil spill residue found on pelicans in Minn.

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Mark Clark, an ecologist and faculty member with North Dakota State University's biological sciences department, carries equipment to a boat on Minnesota's Marsh Lake on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. The lake is home to a colony of American white pelicans. Researchers are trying to determine whether pelicans carry residue from the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Ann Arbor Miller for MPR) ( Read the story
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Marsh Lake
Minnesota's Marsh Lake sits west of Appleton and is home to thousands of American white pelicans and other birds that build nests on several islands and peninsulas -- all of which are off-limits to the general public.
Ann Arbor Miller for MPR) ( Read the story
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Carrying equipment
Mark Clark, an ecologist and faculty member with North Dakota State University's biological sciences department, carries equipment to a boat on Minnesota's Marsh Lake on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. The lake is home to a colony of American white pelicans. Researchers are trying to determine whether pelicans carry residue from the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Ann Arbor Miller for MPR) ( Read the story
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American white pelicans
American white pelicans take to the sky over Minnesota's Marsh Lake on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. The birds winter in the Gulf of Mexico and as far away as Cuba.
Ann Arbor Miller for MPR) ( Read the story