2019 Osprey Telemetry Update | MPG Ranch

2019 Osprey Telemetry Update

January 31, 2020

This update summarizes Osprey banding and tracking efforts in 2019.

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We’ve been banding Ospreys from nests on MPG Ranch and outfitting them with satellite transmitters since the summer of 2012.

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We deployed nine transmitters on nestling Ospreys this summer at four nests in the Bitterroot Valley

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f the six nestling Ospreys that left the Bitterroot Valley, only Queso is alive and well

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Trigger left the Gulf Coast of Texas on October 9 and covered about 680 miles before going down on October 15.

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In addition to the nestlings we banded this year, we also followed five Ospreys we captured in previous years. All five of these Ospreys survived the year and are back on their wintering grounds.

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After returning to Montana, Finley set up shop in Paradise Valley, about 30 miles south of Livingston.

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