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by Kelly BallMay 17, 2024

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Thrilling Thrush Tracks

Since 2020, BIRD Program at Warner Park Nature Center staff and volunteers have deployed 62 HybridTags on three thrush species: 33 Swainson’s Thrush, 21 Gray-cheeked Thrush, and 8 Veery. Of those, only 12 have been tagged during spring migration: 7 Swainson’s Thrush, 3 Gray-cheeked Thrush, and 2 Veery. Until this year, we have had no foreign detections during spring migration – but this spring, we hit the jackpot. Three of our thrushes have had fabulous detections moving north!

by David La PumaFeb 02, 2024

Tracking the Smallest Birds in the World

From January 24-27, 2024, researchers and students convened at the Las Joyas Scientific Station in Mexico's Sierra de Manantlan Biosphere Reserve to evolve and test the best-possible techniques for attaching tiny radio transmitters to the backs of some of the world’s smallest birds, including the near-threatened Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)....

by Kelly BallAug 31, 2023

An American in Canada for the American Ornithological Society's 2023 Meeting

Having three telemetry-related events under my belt already even before my first full annual cycle here at CTT, I expected that my first American Ornithological Society (AOS) meeting would, like each of the other events, possess a certain je nais se quoi (a term I knew prior to arrival in francophone...

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by Kelly BallAug 28, 2023

Tracking Horseshoe Crab Migration in the Delaware Bay

The Delaware Bay is a hotspot of sorts for spawning horseshoe crabs, and this can be witnessed during May and June during the peak of their spawning season. Their spawning coincides with the movement of ravenous migratory shorebirds along the Atlantic Flyway. When the temperature of the Delaware Bay's shallow,...

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by Kelly BallMay 05, 2023

Field Trip to Philly's Academy of Natural Sciences

When the Academy of Natural Sciences' Associate Curator of Ornithology, Jason Weckstein, and Senior Exhibition Designer, Lauren Duguid, approached our Sales & Marketing team last autumn to see if we'd be up for loaning some of our cool gear to fill out their Technology Tracking display, we were super excited and...

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by Kelly BallMar 23, 2023

Guest Post: So You Want To Trap an American Bittern . . .

This is a guest blog post authored by Sam Merker, research biologist, University of Connecticut, in Storrs, Connecticut. Since our post on American Bittern tracking research in Connecticut was published, we have received more than a few inquiries about how we capture a species that is known for being elusive, secretive,...

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by Kelly BallFeb 28, 2023

Guest Post: American Bitterns in Connecticut

In affiliation with Min Huang of Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (CT DEEP) and Chris Elphick of the University of Connecticut, in March of 2022, we began fieldwork to tag Connecticut's American Bitterns (AMBI). Gathering information about AMBI's nesting biology, habitat distribution, and migratory behavior is both time-consuming and challenging. However, attaining annual cycle...

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by Kelly BallFeb 12, 2023

Guest Post: The Northern Hawk Owl Project

My research has focused on using novel telemetry methods to see if we can, for the first time, get a glimpse inside the life of individual hawk owls by monitoring their winter movements and microhabitat preferences in northern Minnesota and southern Manitoba.

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by Kelly BallFeb 06, 2023

Guest Post: Pacific Northwest Turkey Vulture Tales

In British Columbia, Turkey Vultures occupy the most extreme northwest portion of their broad range in the Americas, and they continue to expand. Gill Radcliffe wanted to learn more, and is using CTT's tech to study the local ecology, migratory movements, and health of Turkey Vultures in the Pacific Northwest.

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by Kelly BallJan 27, 2023

The Growth of the Motus Wildlife Tracking Network in California

The growing number of Motus-based projects and increased prevalence of receiver stations are a win-win. As it grows, the network captures ever-increasing amounts of data with high temporal and geographic precision over ever-increasing distances.

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by Kelly BallJan 26, 2023

Guest Post: Arkansas Golden Eagle Project

In winter 2022-23, Mike Lanzone and Dr. Trish Miller launched a research project in Arkansas. Their primary objective is capturing five Golden Eagles and attaching ES-500 GPS/GSM + Argos Hybrid tracking devices to each one in order to understand the wintering ecology of Golden Eagles in Arkansas.

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by Kelly BallJan 13, 2023

The Life History of Florida's Crested Caracaras

Questions about the Florida population of Crested Caracaras have led Dr. Joan Morrison to devote more than 30 years of research to understanding the species’ life history, with special focus on the effects of habitat loss.

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by Kelly BallNov 18, 2022

The Wildlife Society's 2022 Annual Conference

I’m <checks calendar> a little less than two months into my marketing role here at CTT, and I was fortunate already to have traveled to *another* company-sponsored conference. Yes, I am talking about The Wildlife Society’s 29th Annual Conference, from November 6-10 in Spokane, Washington.

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by Kelly BallOct 25, 2022

A Different Type of Fieldwork: Attending the 2022 Raptor Research Foundation Conference

For a newcomer to the world of wildlife telemetry, interacting with raptor researchers at their annual conference allowed me an ideal primer/initiation experience/crash course in this very singular world.

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by Jessica FormentoAug 05, 2022

American Ornithological Society & Birds Caribbean Conference 2022 - Puerto Rico, baby!

When you travel with David La Puma you are guaranteed to have an incredible time, and you better believe that includes birding, so I knew I was in for a trip of lifetime when asked to join him for the AOS/BC Conference earlier this summer.

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by David La PumaJun 17, 2022

The magical mystery of Swallow-tailed Kite migration - Guest Blog

Image above © Cheri Hollis This is a guest Blog post by Gina Kent, Senior Conservation Scientist at the Avian Research and Conservation Institute, in Gainesville, Florida. The Avian Research and Conservation Institute (ARCI) has been tracking Swallow-tailed Kites since the late 1990’s! ARCI, a non-profit based in Gainesville Florida, conducts research...

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