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Satellite Tracking of Northern Pintails

 

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Northern Pintail

Tracking Maps

Northern Pintail in flight

 

NOTE: The winter of 2005-06 marked the end of the field phase of the northern pintail satellite telemetry study. No future updates to the existing tracking maps will be made. Please follow the link below to view or download a final report summarizing the results of this study.

Northern Pintails in Eastern North America - Atlantic Flyway Satellite Telemetry Project Final Report (PDF - 3.81MB)

View maps of migration and movement of northern pintails instrumented with satellite transmitters (called PTT’s or Platform Transmitter Terminals). Each map displays the movements of an individual pintail. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required. Each link will open a PDF in a new browser window.

see map of all pintails instrumented in North Carolina in 2005 (pdf - opens to new window)

 

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