[LeArc] Monitors and RDFers needed for owl radio tags

[Tony Coniglio]

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From: <Homingin@aol.com>
To: <OwlMonitors@homingin.com>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 10:51 PM
Subject: Monitors and RDFers needed for owl radio tags


> The fall migration time for Burrowing Owls is here, and for the fifth
year,
> volunteer monitors are needed to help determine the routes and winter
> destinations of these threatened birds.
>
> In previous years, hams helped scientists determine that owls hatching
during
> summer months in the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta travel
> over central states from North Dakota to Oklahoma, ending up in southeast
> Texas and northern states of Mexico.  They sometimes fly over 2000 miles
to
> their winter homes.
>
> There aren't any radio-tagged Canadian owls to listen for this fall.
> Instead, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at University of
> Arizona is asking for ham help with 53 transmittered owls from eastern
> Washington state.  If you live in the western USA and can receive 150 MHz
> signals, you could help.  Your scanner or extended-range hand-held Amateur
> Radio transceiver, plus an outside antenna, are all you need to join in.
If
> you have radio direction finding equipment for VHF, so much the better.
>
> More information on how to monitor, including all the frequencies, plus
> equipment and antenna suggestions, can be found at <www.homingin.com>.
That
> site also tells how to join the BIOTRACKERS mailing list for latest
updates
> and discussions of wildlife tracking topics.
>
> Many thanks for your help,
> Joe Moell
> www.homingin.com
>