Project:
| Short name: | MA_REKN |
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| Short description: | Nanotags are being placed on Red Knots on Cape Cod, MA, with the goal of learning more about important stopover sites and migration pathways. |
| Description: | Monomoy NWR and nearby beaches on Cape Cod support large concentrations of southward migrating Red Knots (Federally-listed) on the Atlantic seaboard. This region is significant because it hosts northern-wintering (NW) and southern-wintering (SW) adults (which have different stopover ecology and likely survivorship), and juveniles. Deploying nanotags (and geolocators as part of another ongoing project) will help us learn more about how NW, SW, and junvenile birds are using stopover and wintering areas, and their migration pathways. This project will help inform management and ensure we are strategic in protecting Red Knot habitats in the right places at the right times. It will also be instrumental in our continued efforts to engage partners (Town, State, Federal, NGO) to use a collaborative approach to protecting all habitats to benefit NW, SW, and juvenile birds. This project builds on previous work and is a collaborative effort between USFWS, BOEM, Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, and others. |
| Project contact: | Stephanie Koch |
| Researchers: | Amie MacDonald, Birds Canada Ariel Lenske Bri Benvenuti Jamie McLaren Kate O'Brien, USFWS nancy pau Pam Loring, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Paul Smith Sjoerd Duijns Stephanie Koch |
| Tags: | 306 (table) |
| Species: | 196 Red Knot 58 Black-bellied Plover 40 Semipalmated Sandpiper 9 Ruddy Turnstone |
| Creation date: | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC |
| Data visible to the public: | Project contact information Project information Receiver deployment data Tag deployments (basic) Tag deployments (detailed) Tag detections (daily summary) Tags |
| Data visible to any researcher: | Mobile GPS data Receiver logs Tag detections |
| Data visible to any primary investigator: | Tag deployments (custom) |
| Private data: | Landowner information Receiver deployment (private) |