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--Apple-Mail-5--768915150 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, The excerpt below, from an email list re waterbird conservation, makes one appreciate our transient whimbrels all the more. The best bit's in the first paragraph: one radio-tracked whimbrel has been flying nonstop over 5100 km for the last four days. Maps and further info at http://www.ccb-wm.org/programs/migration/Whimbrel/whimbrel.htm Cheers, Andy Horn Halifax Begin forwarded message: > From: "Mike Wilson" <mdwils@wm.edu> > Date: August 14, 2009 12:45:11 PM ADT > To: <waterbirdsnetwork@lists.fws.gov> > Subject: [waterbirdsnetwork] Satellite Tagged Whimbrel on 3, 000+ > mile flight > > ******************************************************************************* > This message comes to you via a group e-mail service created to > communicate information related to waterbirds and waterbird > conservation. Thank you for supporting the Waterbird Conservation > for the Americas initiative. > ******************************************************************************* > > > Flight of Hope > (Williamsburg, VA)---Hope, a whimbrel carrying a satellite > transmitter, is > far out to sea flying south over the Atlantic toward her wintering > grounds > in South America. The bird had been staging (building up energy > reserves in > preparation for a migratory flight) on Southampton Island in the > northern > reach of Hudson Bay since 15 July before leaving on a non-stop > flight south > on 10 August. The bird flew south over Hudson Bay, crossed the > interior of > Canada and New England to emerge from the coast of Maine and out > over the > open ocean. Flying more than 1,600 kilometers (1000 miles) out over > the > ocean and east of Bermuda, Hope then turned south and is now moving > toward > the Caribbean. She has already flown non-stop for more than 5,100 > kilometers (3,200 miles) but is still 400 kilometers (250 miles) > from the > nearest land in the Virgin Islands. So far, Hope has been on the > wing for 4 > days with an average flight speed of 60 kilometers/hour (37 miles/ > hour). > > Hope was originally captured and fitted with a satellite > transmitter on > 19 May, 2009 while staging on the Delmarva Peninsula of Virginia. > She left > Virginia on 26 May and flew to the western shore of James Bay in > Canada. > She staged on James Bay for 3 weeks before flying to the MacKenzie > River > near Alaska and then on to the Beaufort Sea where she staged for > more than 2 > weeks before flying back to Hudson Bay. Hope has traveled more than > 13,000 > kilometers (8,000 miles) since late May. > > Hope is one of several birds that have been fitted with state of > the art > 9.5-gram, satellite transmitters in a collaborative effort by the > Center for > Conservation Biology at the College of William and Mary - Virginia > Commonwealth University and the Virginia Chapter of the Nature > Conservancy > to discover migratory routes that connect breeding and winter areas > and to > identify en route migratory staging areas that are critical to the > conservation of this declining species. > Updated tracking maps may be viewed online. > http://www.ccb-wm.org/programs/migration/Whimbrel/whimbrel.htm > > Background > > The whimbrel is a large, holarctic, highly migratory shorebird. > The > North American race includes two disjunct breeding populations both > of which > winter primarily in Central and South America. The western population > breeds in Alaska and the Northwest Territories of Canada. The eastern > population breeds south and west of Hudson Bay in Manitoba and > Ontario. > Both populations are of high conservation concern due to dramatic > declines > in recent decades. > > Satellite tracking represents only one aspect of a broader, > integrated > investigation of whimbrel migration. During the past 2 years, the > Center > for Conservation in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and the > U.S. > Fish and Wildlife Service has used conventional transmitters to > examine > stopover duration, conducted aerial surveys to estimate seasonal > numbers, > collected feather samples to locate summer and winter areas through > stable-isotope analysis, and has initiated a whimbrel watch program. > Continued research is planned to further link populations across > staging, > breeding, and wintering areas and to determine the ecological > requirements > of whimbrels staging along the peninsula. > > Media Contacts: Bryan Watts, Executive Director, Center for > Conservation > Biology, College of William and Mary & Virginia Commonwealth > University, > Williamsburg, VA. Phone 757-221-2247, email bdwatt@wm.edu > Barry Truit, Chief Conservation Scientist, The Nature Conservancy, > Virginia > Coast Reserve Program. Phone 757-442-3049, email btruitt@tnc.org > > forwarded by: > Mike Wilson > Center for Conservation Biology > College of William & Mary / Virginia Commonwealth University > PO Box 8795 > Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795 > phone: 757-221-1649 > fax: 757-221-1650 > email:mdwils@wm.edu > www.ccb-wm.org > > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Members of the WaterbirdsNetwork list can write to all other members > by sending email to waterbirdsnetwork@lists.fws.gov. Any interested > party can join the list if they send a blank email to waterbirdsnetwork-request@lists.fws.gov > with the word "subscribe" in the subject line. > ******************************************************************************* > --Apple-Mail-5--768915150 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>The = excerpt below, from an email list re waterbird conservation, makes one = appreciate our transient whimbrels all the more. The best bit's in the = first paragraph: one radio-tracked whimbrel has been flying nonstop over = 5100 km for the last four days.</div><div><br></div><div>Maps and = further info at <a = href=3D"http://www.ccb-wm.org/programs/migration/Whimbrel/whimbrel.htm">ht= tp://www.ccb-wm.org/programs/migration/Whimbrel/whimbrel.htm</a><br><div><= div><br><div>Cheers,</div><div>Andy = Horn</div><div>Halifax</div><div><br></div><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Mike Wilson" <<a = href=3D"mailto:mdwils@wm.edu">mdwils@wm.edu</a>></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">August 14, 2009 12:45:11 PM ADT</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><<a = href=3D"mailto:waterbirdsnetwork@lists.fws.gov">waterbirdsnetwork@lists.fw= s.gov</a>></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[waterbirdsnetwork] Satellite Tagged = Whimbrel on 3, 000+ mile flight</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = </div><div>***************************************************************= ****************<br>This message comes to you via a group e-mail service = created to communicate information related to waterbirds and waterbird = conservation. Thank you for supporting the Waterbird Conservation = for the Americas = initiative.<br>***********************************************************= ********************<br><br><br>Flight of Hope<br>(Williamsburg, = VA)---Hope, a whimbrel carrying a satellite transmitter, is<br>far out = to sea flying south over the Atlantic toward her wintering grounds<br>in = South America. The bird had been staging (building up energy = reserves in<br>preparation for a migratory flight) on Southampton Island = in the northern<br>reach of Hudson Bay since 15 July before leaving on a = non-stop flight south<br>on 10 August. The bird flew south over = Hudson Bay, crossed the interior of<br>Canada and New England to emerge = from the coast of Maine and out over the<br>open ocean. Flying = more than 1,600 kilometers (1000 miles) out over the<br>ocean and east = of Bermuda, Hope then turned south and is now moving toward<br>the = Caribbean. She has already flown non-stop for more than = 5,100<br>kilometers (3,200 miles) but is still 400 kilometers (250 = miles) from the<br>nearest land in the Virgin Islands. So far, = Hope has been on the wing for 4<br>days with an average flight speed of = 60 kilometers/hour (37 miles/hour).<br><br> Hope was = originally captured and fitted with a satellite transmitter on<br>19 = May, 2009 while staging on the Delmarva Peninsula of Virginia. She = left<br>Virginia on 26 May and flew to the western shore of James Bay in = Canada.<br>She staged on James Bay for 3 weeks before flying to the = MacKenzie River<br>near Alaska and then on to the Beaufort Sea where she = staged for more than 2<br>weeks before flying back to Hudson Bay. = Hope has traveled more than 13,000<br>kilometers (8,000 miles) = since late May.<br><br> Hope is one of several birds = that have been fitted with state of the art<br>9.5-gram, satellite = transmitters in a collaborative effort by the Center for<br>Conservation = Biology at the College of William and Mary - Virginia<br>Commonwealth = University and the Virginia Chapter of the Nature Conservancy<br>to = discover migratory routes that connect breeding and winter areas and = to<br>identify en route migratory staging areas that are critical to = the<br>conservation of this declining species.<br>Updated tracking maps = may be viewed online.<br><a = href=3D"http://www.ccb-wm.org/programs/migration/Whimbrel/whimbrel.htm">ht= tp://www.ccb-wm.org/programs/migration/Whimbrel/whimbrel.htm</a><br><br>Ba= ckground<br><br> The whimbrel is a large, holarctic, = highly migratory shorebird. The<br>North American race includes = two disjunct breeding populations both of which<br>winter primarily in = Central and South America. The western population<br>breeds in = Alaska and the Northwest Territories of Canada. The = eastern<br>population breeds south and west of Hudson Bay in Manitoba = and Ontario.<br>Both populations are of high conservation concern due to = dramatic declines<br>in recent decades.<br><br> = Satellite tracking represents only one aspect of a = broader, integrated<br>investigation of whimbrel migration. During = the past 2 years, the Center<br>for Conservation in partnership with The = Nature Conservancy and the U.S.<br>Fish and Wildlife Service has used = conventional transmitters to examine<br>stopover duration, conducted = aerial surveys to estimate seasonal numbers,<br>collected feather = samples to locate summer and winter areas through<br>stable-isotope = analysis, and has initiated a whimbrel watch program.<br>Continued = research is planned to further link populations across = staging,<br>breeding, and wintering areas and to determine the = ecological requirements<br>of whimbrels staging along the = peninsula.<br><br>Media Contacts: Bryan Watts, Executive Director, = Center for Conservation<br>Biology, College of William and Mary & = Virginia Commonwealth University,<br>Williamsburg, VA. Phone = 757-221-2247, email bdwatt@wm.edu<br>Barry Truit, Chief Conservation = Scientist, The Nature Conservancy, Virginia<br>Coast Reserve Program. = Phone 757-442-3049, email btruitt@tnc.org<br><br>forwarded = by:<br>Mike Wilson<br>Center for Conservation Biology<br>College of = William & Mary / Virginia Commonwealth University<br>PO Box = 8795<br>Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795<br>phone: 757-221-1649<br>fax: = 757-221-1650<br>email:mdwils@wm.edu<br>www.ccb-wm.org = <br><br><br><br><br>******************************************************= *************************<br>Members of the WaterbirdsNetwork list can = write to all other members by sending email to = waterbirdsnetwork@lists.fws.gov. Any interested party can join the list = if they send a blank email to waterbirdsnetwork-request@lists.fws.gov = with the word "subscribe" in the subject line. = <br>****************************************************************= *************** = <br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-5--768915150--
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