A captured merlin is held near Lake Michigan on June 27, 2022, near Glen Arbor, Mich., where it will be fitted with a leg band and tracking device. The mission will enhance knowledge of a species still recovering from a significant drop-off caused by pesticides and help wildlife managers determine how to prevent merlins from attacking endangered piping plovers at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.AP Photo/John Flesher
By John Flesher, Christina Larson and Patrick Whittle Associated Press GLEN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — In a forest near Lake Michigan, two scientists attached a…
