Sep 14, 2020 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Some migratory birds change their breeding sites every year, or even several times in a season. Pectoral sandpipers are among them, and understanding their breeding behaviour thanks to Argos satellite telemetry can help to better protect them. The pectoral sandpiper...
Aug 17, 2020 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Ruddy-headed goose is considered regionally endangered in Argentina and Chile, since recent estimates indicate that population size is less than 800 individuals. Ruddy-headed geese were tracked back and forth during their migrations over the South American continent...
Jul 20, 2020 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Argos can help in evaluating overlaps of human activities and protected aquatic bird habitats. With that information, the planning of new infrastructures such as offshore wind farms can take species like the red-throated divers in consideration. Wind farms on...
Jun 22, 2020 | Birds, Fish, News, Wildlife Monitoring
After more than thirty years of Argos satellite telemetry, the extensive datasets that have accumulated can be used in diverse, large-scale studies. Incidental mortality (bycatch) in fisheries threatens Southern Ocean seabirds such as albatrosses and petrels. Data...
May 25, 2020 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Satellite telemetry enables to identify preferred habitats of the Andean condor, depending on their functions. Conservation priority areas for this scavenger bird can thus be better determined. The Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) is emblematic of the region and an...
Apr 27, 2020 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
American woodcock are tracked using Argos satellite telemetry by the Eastern Woodcock Migration Research Cooperative. Those migratory birds, travel nocturnally along the Eastern and central part of North America. Their secretive behavior makes their migratory behavior...
