SC Mallards- Updated

[JABIII]

Here are the results of the 10 satellite tagged mallards captured in South Carolina this past winter. The results reaffirm that the Flyway Foundation is on the right track with our Focus Areas!

[JABIII]

[Catdaddy]

My guess would be that the brown line was a young mallard that met a mate and was taken west. It looks like it was destined for Ontario by got sidetracked starting in Ohio and ended up in N. Dakota. Hope somebody from SC shoots that traitor in October.


6 in Ontario
2 in Michigan
1 in Ohio
1-in ND

[2thDoc]

i'll get him, CD. that's right close to the area we visit each year.

JAB-when was the last satellite tracking? in other words, on the last "dot" of each ducks northern march, on what date did they reach their destination....or are they still on the move from there?

[JJ McGuire]

JAB
Is there any significance to the length of the line segments between each dot?

[JABIII]

I just got the email this morning and don't have any specifics. I will call Walt and ask him to answer your comments.

[2thDoc]

JJ-satellite time is expensive....so what they do is check at certain times. i would hazard a guess that ALL ten of those ducks would be checked the same day, so the length of the line segments shows the distance travelled during that time period.

some go further...some shorter...but they all end up in the same general area....

[JJ McGuire]

Doc
That is what I was thinking and I was curious as to the time intervals between the position checks.

[Catdaddy]

The Flyway Foundation has henhouses in the same area as the red and tan dots on that map.

[Sportin' Woodies]

i heard that felinefather

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