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Index of Subjects Angus, Thanks for posting this. I was planning to send an update for people. We are waiting anxiously to see where and when these birds will make the now easternward portion of their migration to Tristan da Cunha - or are they going to fool us!? A couple of the tags are due to expire soon - i.e. the battery power will run out but a couple of tags still have another month of energy left so we are hoping to have an outcome to where these birds are going and how they are getting there. You may have noticed that while two birds were in the lead, the others caught up in the last week with large non-stop flights from Brazil to Argentina. Weather patterns no doubt play a large part in their movements. With only six birds tagged it is amazing - after Robert did his North Atlantic ridge exploration - how consistent the routes for these birds are. Let's keep hoping the battery life will last to get at least some of the birds to presumably Tristan da Cunha! Laurie At 02:40 PM 05/10/06 -0300, you wrote: >About a month ago Laurie Murison drew our attention (see below) to the >fact we could track the southward migration of six Greater Shearwaters to >their nesting gounds in the South Atlantic at the Tristan da Cunha >archipelago. All six have now reached the same location along the >Argentina coast (presumably good feeding conditions there) but have yet to >make the trek to their nesting grounds which is closer to South Africa >than S.A. I note one (Robert) route was such that it travelled 17351 kms. >so far rather than the straight line distance of 8941. >Angus >p.s. I was surprised to find so many web sites devoted to Tristan da Cunha! >- -- - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - >At the Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station this summer we have >a team of researchers who have been attaching satellite transmitters to >the backs of greater shearwaters. We have 6 transmitters attached and >some of the birds have started migrating to their southern breeding >islands in the South Atlantic. > >If you wish to follow their progress, please check this link >http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=176 > >The movements of the greater shearwaters will be updated regularly (click >on individual birds or view the combined tracks). Information about the >project, individual birds being tracked and our funding sources are >included. We are still adding some information to the website but >everything should be completed shortly. > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.0.394 / Virus Database: 268.12.11/460 - Release Date: 01/10/06 > > > > > >-- incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.394 / Virus Database: 268 - Release Date: 01/10/06 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.0.394 / Virus Database: 268.12.11/460 - Release Date: 01/10/06
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