About the Authors

Ryan M. Nielson

Contributed equally to this work with: Ryan M. Nielson, Robert K. Murphy, Brian A. Millsap, William H. Howe

rnielson@west-inc.com

Affiliation Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc., Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Robert K. Murphy

Contributed equally to this work with: Ryan M. Nielson, Robert K. Murphy, Brian A. Millsap, William H. Howe

Affiliation United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Migratory Birds, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Brian A. Millsap

Contributed equally to this work with: Ryan M. Nielson, Robert K. Murphy, Brian A. Millsap, William H. Howe

Affiliation United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Migratory Birds, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

William H. Howe

Contributed equally to this work with: Ryan M. Nielson, Robert K. Murphy, Brian A. Millsap, William H. Howe

Affiliation United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Migratory Birds, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Grant Gardner

Affiliation Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc., Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Competing Interests

Ryan M. Nielson and Grant Gardner are employed by Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. Funding was provided by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service under a contract with Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and material.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMN RKM BAM WHH. Performed the experiments: RMN RKM BAM WHH. Analyzed the data: RMN GG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMN GG. Wrote the paper: RMN RKM BAM WHH GG.