Rsearchers to use GPS to track entire family of ravens
From: KPVI TV
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) -- For the first time, researchers will follow an entire family of ravens with G-P-S to study how the birds interact with one another once fledglings have left the nest.
Biologists from Beringia South, a Kelly-based research institute, will keep tabs on the birds, a mother, father, and two offspring, for up to three years using Global Positioning System transmitters attached to their backs.
Biologist Bryan Bedrosian said researchers are excited about the research. He says biologists have never before been able to document where the juvenile bird go after they leave the nest.
The transmitters will send information about the birds' position to orbiting satellites. The transmitters are powered by tiny solar collectors. The information will allow researchers to find out if individual family members stick with one another throughout the rest of the year, or go off on their own.
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) -- For the first time, researchers will follow an entire family of ravens with G-P-S to study how the birds interact with one another once fledglings have left the nest.
Biologists from Beringia South, a Kelly-based research institute, will keep tabs on the birds, a mother, father, and two offspring, for up to three years using Global Positioning System transmitters attached to their backs.
Biologist Bryan Bedrosian said researchers are excited about the research. He says biologists have never before been able to document where the juvenile bird go after they leave the nest.
The transmitters will send information about the birds' position to orbiting satellites. The transmitters are powered by tiny solar collectors. The information will allow researchers to find out if individual family members stick with one another throughout the rest of the year, or go off on their own.
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