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Placing geolocators on purple martins

Brian Hiller from the Bemidji State biology department, along with others, placed geolocators on purple martins Wednesday.

1917320+080615.N.BP_.PURPLEMARTINS1.jpg — Kelly Applegate (left), director of the Purple Martin Working Group of Minnesota and a wildlife biologist for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, places a geolocator on a purple martin with BSU graduate student Cathy Henry on Wednesday near BSU. (Jillian Gandsey | Bemidji Pioneer)

By Jillian Gandsey

August 05, 2015 at 5:32 PM

Brian Hiller from the Bemidji State biology department, along with others, placed geolocators on purple martins Wednesday.

1917319+080615.N.BP_.PURPLEMARTINS.jpg — A geolocator is placed on a purple martin on Wednesday near BSU. (Jillian Gandsey | Bemidji Pioneer)

By Jillian Gandsey

Jillian Gandsey is the Multimedia Editor at the Bemidji Pioneer. She is an Iron Range native and a 2013 graduate of Bemidji State University. Follow Jillian on Twitter and Instagram @jilliangandsey. Contact her at (218) 333-9786, (218) 996-1216 or at jgandsey@bemidjipioneer.com.