MEGA NEWS-19th January-Black-winged Kite-Still at c 52.7502, 1.6062 viewed from track c 400m north of raptor viewpoint mid-afternoon; use NWT car park (NR12 0BW)-Stubb Mill, Hickling Broad NWT-Norfolk-Zitting Cisticola-Three in scrub between beach and Dunwich River-Walberswick NNR-Suffolk
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Saturday, May 06, 2017

TRACKING DEVICES SIGNIFICANTLY BURDEN MIGRANT WARBLERS

The tools ornithologists use to track the journeys of migrating birds provide invaluable insights that can help halt the declines of vulnerable species. However, a new study from The Condor:Ornithological Applications shows that these data come at a cost — in some cases, these tracking devices reduce the chances that the birds carrying them will ever make it back to their breeding grounds.CLICK ON LINK