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protected. these plovers nest in these open, sandy areas right directly on the ground. there are a number of animals here on the island that would just love to make a meal out of those eggs. so those cages protect those eggs from things like crows, fox, some other birds. so it s an attempt to help give that bird, this rare bird a little leg up. we ve probably got somewhere in the neighborhood of 80 or 90 birds. reporter: that doesn t seem like a lot. well, it s not. reporter: now another threat. the massive oil spill along the gulf coast where the piping plover migrates in winter. these pictures of oil-covered birds could foreshadow the plover s fate. because of the concern a team of scientists tagged and took blood samples from the birds to record their condition before they migrate south. the idea is to try to over the course of this coming year recapture some of those birds down in their wintering grounds, take additional blood samples and try and see whether they re

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