Check out these shorebird movements along the Pacific Flyway this year! This study is part of a research collaboration led by The Nature Conservancy to examine shorebird use of overwintering and migratory stopover habitats in California’s Central Valley and beyond. Each bird was tagged with a small radio transmitter called a “Motus tag,” which is designed to be picked up by Motus stations (strategically placed, automated receivers with elevated antennas) as the bird moves across the landscape. SSRS Senior Research Biologist Pat Lorch installed a whopping 12 Motus stations across central California for this project, many of which picked up the shorebird detections shown on this map!
To learn more about this project, you can go to Motus.org and search for the California Shorebird Migration and Drought Study.
