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transmitters on bald egales
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: transmitters on bald egales
- From: Mark_A_Cantrell@fws.gov
- Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 06:30:27 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
The Florida Game & Fresh Water Fish Commission has been conducting
satellite telemetry of bald eagles. Check out the site:
http://ffwcc.org/eagle
to view information from individual birds fitted with transmitters.
According to maps possted on their page, several of their birds spend time
in North Carolina.
According to the web page:
"The Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission initiated a project in
1997 to compare nesting success and post-fledgling survival of bald eagles
from a random sample of developed (suburban) and undeveloped (rural) bald
eagle nest sites over the next 6 years. To determine survival, five-year
satellite transmitters (platform terminal transmitters or PTTs) will be
attached to as many as 20 nestling bald eagles each year so that their fate
can be determined.
In addition to providing information on survival to answer the study's main
question, this project offers a unique opportunity to monitor the movements
of young Florida bald eagles. This information is important because
Florida's eagles depend on high-quality habitat in more northern states and
provinces for several months each year, and knowing where these areas are
is the first step toward conserving
them."
Mark Cantrell,
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
828/258-3939