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OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn.

Photos: Researchers capture, track loons in Minn.

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Looking for loons
The bugs were thick at around 9:30 p.m. as Kevin Kenow, a research wildfile biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, shines a high-powered spotlight from a research boat looking for loons on South Turtle Lake in Otter Tail County, Minn. on Wednesday, July 10, 2013
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Released loon
The newly released male loon swims away from the research boat. By now, it's after midnight and the researchers have two more lakes to visit before sunrise.
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Looking for loons
The bugs were thick at around 9:30 p.m. as Kevin Kenow, a research wildfile biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, shines a high-powered spotlight from a research boat looking for loons on South Turtle Lake in Otter Tail County, Minn. on Wednesday, July 10, 2013
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Netting a loon
It took the research team about an hour to find their first loon. Pictured here, Kevin Kenow scoops up the female loon later in the night. The team used taped loon calls to pinpoint the birds' locations.
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