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Monitoring season is nearing an end here in Iosco county this season. As monitors , the heartbreak is real but the triumphs are worth every minute spent watching these endangered Piping Plovers.
Thanks to conservation efforts by many different organizations and individuals these little cuties are slowly increasing their numbers which is very welcome news indeed!
Please consider joining your local Audobon chapter; the rewards are many.
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Update #4 from last week's Kirtland's Warbler Conservation Team meeting in Grayling, MI:
We're sure you know from past posts that geolocators can collect approximate data on a bird's location while it is wearing the device. But through a recent technological advance the device now also collects data on barometric pressure. Information gathered from barometric pressure data will provide us with a deeper understanding of the movements of an individual Kirtland's Warbler by identifying the exact date and time a bird departs on their spring and fall migrations. In fact the barometric pressure data is so exact, researchers can determine when a bird was foraging for food in treetops because it can detect the oh-so-slight difference in the barometric pressure on the ground level and at the top of a 60-foot tree!
Photo Credit: Ward Laboratory, The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Update #3 from last week's Kirtland's Warbler Conservation Team meeting in Grayling, MI:
Preliminary results from a study that uses data retrieved from recovered geolocators that had been mounted on Kirtland's Warblers showed that the birds took a one-to-three week rest once they passed over the Appalachians on their fall migrations. What was interesting about this was that the locations of these layover spots seemed to align with established national forests. The birds likely stopped in these locations to refuel before they reached the Atlantic coast and entered into the most dangerous part of their migration -- the jump from the Carolinas to The Bahamas. We can't say for 100 percent certain that the data align with the borders of the national forests because the geolocators have an accuracy range of about 50 kilometers, but... Some additional sleuthing is necessary to really hone in on the locations. If we can accurately identify the locations, we can work to protect them for future migrations.
Map image: Cornell Lab All About Birds tinyurl.com/kiwa-migration
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