As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Thursday 25 October 2012

Wyo. project looks at energy-eagles relationship


JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — It's well understood that pronghorn, mule deer and sage grouse have an aversion to natural gas infrastructure.

For birds of prey such as bald eagles, the effect of gas pads, drill rigs and compressor stations is less clear. Research on it doesn't exist.

In coming years, Jackson Hole biologists Bryan Bedrosian and Susan Patla will begin to fill in the blanks.

Bedrosian, with Craighead Beringia South, and Patla, with the Wyoming Department of Game and Fish, have outfitted six bald eagles with solar-powered GPS transmitters that will record the location of each bird every hour for the next three or four years. The research was funded by a $60,000 grant from the Pinedale Anticline Project Office.

"We'll be gathering super-detailed information on where they're nesting, going to forage and where they're wintering," Bedrosian said.

"The basic premise is to look at if there are any potential impacts on the movement of breeding eagles. It'll be interesting to see if they're selecting areas with noise buffers or light buffers."


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Wyo-project-looks-at-energy-eagles-relationship-3968995.php#ixzz2A2W61cfn

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