Black-tailed Godwits En Route To Africa With Hypermodern Satellite Transmitters
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 09:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Since last week, 15 black-tailed godwits in Fryslân (in the north of Netherland) have been flying around with tiny transmitters in their abdominal cavities. The transmitters were inserted during a minor operation by the American vet Daniel Mulcahy and his Dutch colleague David Tijssen. With the help of the transmitters, researchers will be able to track the birds for about a year in their breeding grounds in Fryslân as well as during their migration from and to Southern Europe and Africa.