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Email update from R. O. Bierregaard, Jr, Biology Dept., UNC
As I expected, we lost Neale over the Caribbean. This was a particularly brutal season and gave us a real feel for the risks of migration to South America in hurricane season.
I've updated the Migration 10 page as well as maps for the two birds that are moving now--North Fork Bob and, despite my sage predictions that he was done with migration, our DE youngster Thatch is in Cuba now--aiming straight for what may be Hurricane Tomas!
Our other survivors have settled down, at least for the time being. Sanford in the Bahamas, Sr. Bones in the mountains of Colombia, Belle on the shores of Lake Maracaibo only a few miles north of our youngster from last year, Buck. Buck is on the countdown for his first trip north sometime next winter.
Thanks to some nice coverage of our work in Cornell's BirdScope, we've added a lot of new folks to the Osprey-map-ophile email list.
From Cornell Lab eNews: An Osprey's Flight
Penelope, a 3 month-old Osprey, flew 2,700 miles from Massachusetts to French Guiana in 13 days. Lightweight transmitters are revealing where Ospreys go-and the hazards they face along the way. Read more.
We have launched our environmental education program in the Dominican Republic. Here are some pictures of a raptor festival organized by my colleague Jorge Brocca, President of the Hispaniola Ornithological Society: http://bit.ly/cmQ2mk
As usual, the maps:
http://www.bioweb.uncc.edu/
Rob Bierregaard
Biology Dept.
UNC-Charlotte