We have been invited to purchase some of the first of a new type of tag. The exciting thing about these new tags is that they can be detected by cell phones and other IoT devices (think AirTags) as they travel. In addition, they are detectable by both the increasing numbers of Motus stations equipped to detect relatively new 2.4 GHz tags as well as home-based stations on the Terralistens network. These tags have been successfully used to track Monarch Butterflies as they travel down the East Coast of the US. Our hope is that these tags will allow tracking of birds like the Western Tanager pictured that migrate through areas with few Motus stations. Our goal is to purchase 10 of these tags to test on Western Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Western Tanagers, and possibly Tri-colored Blackbirds.
We are trying to raise $3,500 for this project. Can you help us by donating to SSRS? Click the Donate button and indicate Motus program.
More details about the new tags can be found on the manufacturers web pages:
https://celltracktech.com/pages/blu-bluseries-tag-detection-service
