Thought this was interesting.

Peggi "still buried knee deep in guano (grin)" Rodgers
>
> The most recent issue of GPS World (a trade journal for
>commercial users of satellite navigation systems) has an
>article on tracking and managing Harpy Eagles (Harpia
>harpyja) in Venezuela using GPS (global positioning
>system), a world-wide satellite navigation system which
>can yield accurate latitude, longitude and altitude
>anywhere in the world. The article is based on the Ph.D.
>research of Venezuelan student Eduardo Alvarez-Cordero at
>the University of Florida. His work was supported in part
>by The Peregrine Fund.
> Anyone who is interested in the most recent application
>of satellites in mapping and tracking birds should probably
>try to find this article. It includes detailed technical,
>logistical and practical information on using GPS and GIS
>in field biology, along with photos and maps.
> GPS World may be available at a large library. Reprints
>may available from the publishers (Mary Clark, Marketing
>Services, 859 Willamette St., Eugene, Oregon 97401 USA) but
>they say you must order a minimum of 100 reprints. Or you
>may be able to get a reprint from the article's senior
>author, Peter E. Kung, a private Surveying and Biological
>Consultant in Logan, Utah.
> If you really want this article and cannot find it in the
>library, I will send a xerox to anyone who sends me a SELF-
>ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE with enough postage for 9 sheets
>of paper to:
>
> Bill Principe
> Infonet Services Corporation
> 2100 East Grand Avenue (m/s A-664)
> El Segundo, CA 90245 USA
>
>Cheers,
>
>
>Bill Principe My heart in hiding
>La Caada, California Stirred for a bird,
>Los Angeles County -- the achieve of; the mastery of the thing!
>3411'N 11812'W
>Principe at SoCA.com from "The Windhover" by Gerard Manley Hopkins
>.-
>
>
Ben & Peggi Rodgers
Aptos, CA (near Santa Cruz 122 W, 37 N)
USA
woodduck at cruzio.com
http://www2.cruzio.com/~woodduck/


"A bird does not sing because it has an answer,
It sings because it has a song"