Subject: Radio-tagged Red-throated Loons
Date: Jan 3 11:12:29 2001
From: Mike Patterson - celata at pacifier.com




joel_schmutz at usgs.gov wrote:
>
> Hello Mike -
> I got cc'ed a message from Dave Evers, which was prompted by a message
> you apparently posted on an ornithological listserver. Apparently you or
> others have seen a radio-tagged Red throated Loon in the Columbia River
> Estuary. I recently initiated studies of Red-throated Loons breeding in
> Alaska, and as part of that work, I implanted satellite transmitters into
> red-throats from 3 different breeding locations during July of 2000. Birds
> from these breeding areas have thus far traveled to different wintering
> areas. The three loons marked at the Copper River Delta all migrated down
> the Pacific coast, all three made extended stops in the Columbia River
> Estuary, and one has remained there - as you have noted. I've heard from
> some fisheries related folks that in the Columberia River Estuary there is
> a good crop of forage fish available this year to fish-eating birds.
> Attached is a file displaying locations for these loons from August through
> October. I would appreciate hearing about any observations concerning this
> birds behavior (is it diving and socializing to a similar degree as other
> loons in the area, is it using similar habitats as other red-throats in the
> area) and also how its antenna is presently oriented. Thanks.
>
> (See attached file: all3sites.gif)
> Joel A. Schmutz, Research Wildlife Biologist
> Alaska Biological Science Center
> U.S. Geological Survey
> 1011 East Tudor Road
> Anchorage, AK 99503
> Phone: (907) 786-3518, Fax: (907) 786-3636
> Email: joel_schmutz at usgs.gov
>
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