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EVENT: HERONS IN MIGRATION at Fields Pond Audubon Center on Friday, February 17, 7:00 p.m.
EVENT: HERONS IN MIGRATION at Fields Pond Audubon Center on Friday, February 17, 7:00 p.m.
This winter marked the first year in which five Great Blue Herons in eastern Maine were trapped and outfitted with lightweight GPS tracking devices in late summer, then released to allow researchers to follow their migration patterns and locate their wintering grounds. Two of the five Maine birds went to Florida, one to North Carolina, one to Cuba, and one flew all the way to Haiti! Our featured speaker, Danielle D’Auria, is a wildlife biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife and project leader for the Heron Observation Network of Maine (HERON), a citizen-science initiative that has involved hundreds of adult volunteers and schoolchildren statewide. Danielle will present the results from this initial season of heron migration data collection, and how the findings tie in with what we have learned thus far about the natural history and current status of Maine’s Great Blue Heron population.
This winter marked the first year in which five Great Blue Herons in eastern Maine were trapped and outfitted with lightweight GPS tracking devices in late summer, then released to allow researchers to follow their migration patterns and locate their wintering grounds. Two of the five Maine birds went to Florida, one to North Carolina, one to Cuba, and one flew all the way to Haiti! Our featured speaker, Danielle D’Auria, is a wildlife biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife and project leader for the Heron Observation Network of Maine (HERON), a citizen-science initiative that has involved hundreds of adult volunteers and schoolchildren statewide. Danielle will present the results from this initial season of heron migration data collection, and how the findings tie in with what we have learned thus far about the natural history and current status of Maine’s Great Blue Heron population.
Danielle D'Auria is a wildlife biologist who works in the Bird Group of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. She focuses on understanding statewide populations of colonial wading birds, secretive marsh birds, black terns, loons, and other rare water birds. Since 2009, she has spent a majority of her time researching why great blue herons have undergone a decline along Maine’s coast.
Danielle D'Auria is a wildlife biologist who works in the Bird Group of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. She focuses on understanding statewide populations of colonial wading birds, secretive marsh birds, black terns, loons, and other rare water birds. Since 2009, she has spent a majority of her time researching why great blue herons have undergone a decline along Maine’s coast.
Danielle has a blog about the Heron Observation Network of Maine.
Danielle has a blog about the Heron Observation Network of Maine.
There are informative Slide Shows
There are informative Slide Shows
More information can be found here:
More information can be found here:
The articles below describe The Heron Tracking Project
The articles below describe The Heron Tracking Project
Bob Duchesne gives the latest update about the great blue heron, Mellow, who is wintering in Cuba in a Special to the "Bangor Daily News" on Feb, 9, 2017.
Bob Duchesne gives the latest update about the great blue heron, Mellow, who is wintering in Cuba in a Special to the "Bangor Daily News" on Feb, 9, 2017.
Aislinn Sarnacki, BDN Staff describes the Heron tracking Project in an article published Oct. 27, 2016.
Aislinn Sarnacki, BDN Staff describes the Heron tracking Project in an article published Oct. 27, 2016.
A great blue heron from Maine is now in Haiti.
A great blue heron from Maine is now in Haiti.
A post on "George's Outdoor News," a BDN Blog, describes The Heron tracking Project on June 29, 2016.
A post on "George's Outdoor News," a BDN Blog, describes The Heron tracking Project on June 29, 2016.
HERONS IN MIGRATION at Fields Pond Audubon Center on Friday, February 17, 7:00 p.m.
HERONS IN MIGRATION at Fields Pond Audubon Center on Friday, February 17, 7:00 p.m.
This winter marked the first year in which five Great Blue Herons in eastern Maine were trapped and outfitted with lightweight GPS tracking devices in late summer, then released to allow researchers to follow their migration patterns and locate their wintering grounds. Two of the five Maine birds went to Florida, one to North Carolina, one to Cuba, and one flew all the way to Haiti! Our featured speaker, Danielle D’Auria, is a wildlife biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife and project leader for the Heron Observation Network of Maine (HERON), a citizen-science initiative that has involved hundreds of adult volunteers and schoolchildren statewide. Danielle will present the results from this initial season of heron migration data collection, and how the findings tie in with what we have learned thus far about the natural history and current status of Maine’s Great Blue Heron population.
This winter marked the first year in which five Great Blue Herons in eastern Maine were trapped and outfitted with lightweight GPS tracking devices in late summer, then released to allow researchers to follow their migration patterns and locate their wintering grounds. Two of the five Maine birds went to Florida, one to North Carolina, one to Cuba, and one flew all the way to Haiti! Our featured speaker, Danielle D’Auria, is a wildlife biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife and project leader for the Heron Observation Network of Maine (HERON), a citizen-science initiative that has involved hundreds of adult volunteers and schoolchildren statewide. Danielle will present the results from this initial season of heron migration data collection, and how the findings tie in with what we have learned thus far about the natural history and current status of Maine’s Great Blue Heron population.
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