PHOTOS: Vaccinating the island scrub jay against the West Nile virus
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A striking species found nowhere else( Al Seib / Los Angeles Times )
Scientists, worried that the West Nile virus could destroy the rare island scrub jay on Santa Cruz Island, are trapping and vaccinating the birds one by one. The jays are lured into boxes with a peanut or caught in a net. Researchers then administer a high-tech vaccine developed in just the last couple of years.
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