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Winter 2025
16 January 2025.
Nine of our 2024 Nova Scotia birds continue to check in and remain stationary, with one exception: NS-2024-35, a (now) second year male, decided to quit southern Virginia, and moved about 100km south to an area east of Raleigh, North Carolina. NS-2024-24 continues to make small movements on the southwest coast of Nova Scotia.
Additionally, LA-2024-49, a now third year male we tagged in eastern Louisiana on January 9, 2024 and that bred in Manitoba last spring, returned to central Louisiana and remains stationary (and presumably alive) as of yesterday! We are very fortunate to receive locations from 3 seasons of this bird's life, which will make significant contributions to site fidelity and connectivity analyses in the near future.
Check out our mapping tool below to track the journey of our fall 2024 tagged birds, and check-ins from some of our January 2024 Louisiana birds!
13 January 2025.
All of our birds remain stationary in their wintering locations noted over the last few updates, though it seems the batteries on some units may be on their last legs. Hopefully we'll catch a few more winter movements before they peter out entirely!
10 January 2025.
All but one of our Nova Scotia birds continue in their stationary positions in North Carolina and Virginia, and NS-2024-24 remains stationary on the southwestern coast of Nova Scotia, still making 200m movements every few days. He may still be hanging on, an impressive feat for one so small!
NS-2024-36, a hatch year male thus far wintering in northern Virginia, gave the cold shoulder to the winter storm that swept through the mid-Atlantic states earlier this week, moving to North Carolina by January 7, and further toward the coast by January 8, for a total of about 500km.
02 January 2025.
Happy 2025! Many of our Nova Scotia birds continue in their stationary positions, almost exclusively in North Carolina and Virginia, with NS-2024-18 bucking the trend by wintering in Louisiana. NS-2024-24 remains stationary on the southwestern coast of the province as of early this morning; his last movement >200m was on December 21.
We have not received check-ins from any additional birds from our Louisiana 2024 group, though LA-2024-61 has checked in from the Nashville area as recently as December 31, seeming to move about 1km between December 23 and 24.
Nine of our 2024 Nova Scotia birds continue to check in and remain stationary, with one exception: NS-2024-35, a (now) second year male, decided to quit southern Virginia, and moved about 100km south to an area east of Raleigh, North Carolina. NS-2024-24 continues to make small movements on the southwest coast of Nova Scotia.
Additionally, LA-2024-49, a now third year male we tagged in eastern Louisiana on January 9, 2024 and that bred in Manitoba last spring, returned to central Louisiana and remains stationary (and presumably alive) as of yesterday! We are very fortunate to receive locations from 3 seasons of this bird's life, which will make significant contributions to site fidelity and connectivity analyses in the near future.
Check out our mapping tool below to track the journey of our fall 2024 tagged birds, and check-ins from some of our January 2024 Louisiana birds!
13 January 2025.
All of our birds remain stationary in their wintering locations noted over the last few updates, though it seems the batteries on some units may be on their last legs. Hopefully we'll catch a few more winter movements before they peter out entirely!
10 January 2025.
All but one of our Nova Scotia birds continue in their stationary positions in North Carolina and Virginia, and NS-2024-24 remains stationary on the southwestern coast of Nova Scotia, still making 200m movements every few days. He may still be hanging on, an impressive feat for one so small!
NS-2024-36, a hatch year male thus far wintering in northern Virginia, gave the cold shoulder to the winter storm that swept through the mid-Atlantic states earlier this week, moving to North Carolina by January 7, and further toward the coast by January 8, for a total of about 500km.
02 January 2025.
Happy 2025! Many of our Nova Scotia birds continue in their stationary positions, almost exclusively in North Carolina and Virginia, with NS-2024-18 bucking the trend by wintering in Louisiana. NS-2024-24 remains stationary on the southwestern coast of the province as of early this morning; his last movement >200m was on December 21.
We have not received check-ins from any additional birds from our Louisiana 2024 group, though LA-2024-61 has checked in from the Nashville area as recently as December 31, seeming to move about 1km between December 23 and 24.
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