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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Girl Scouts of California's Central Coast
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Ashley Spratt with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service helps steady the base for her Girl Scout partner
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Collette Thogerson with the Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office (left) and Girl Scout show off the frame of their nest
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Team of two to three girls worked on each nest
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Mary Root (right), FWS Conservation Partnerships lead, assists Girl Scout in building nest platform
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Girl Scouts, biologists and parents glue PVC pipe that will serve as part of the nest base
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Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office Field Supervisor Steve Henry helps attach palm fronds to base
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Girl Scouts individualized their nest platform
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Biologist Connie Rutherford weaves palm fronds to the nest base
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Cutting palm fronds
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Girl Scouts with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Navy biologists.
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Ready for the nesting season
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Excited for a day in the field
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Proud of her nest
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FWS female biologists
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All Smiles
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Placing a Nest
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A Helping Hand
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Predator Deterrents
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Biologists and Girl Scouts work together to help endangered marsh bird in Ventura