Satellite tagged Amur Falcons tracked to Arabian Sea
DIMAPUR, Nov 15 – The three Amur Falcons marked Naga, Pangti and Wokha, and tagged with satellite tracking devices this month in Wokha district of the State have reached the Arabian Sea. The current locations, signalled by the trackers which the birds are wearing, show that their journey has been safe and uneventful.Naga and Pangti have reached the Arabian waters, while Wokha is behind its two companions, the satellite feed showed. On November 7, the three birds were among many that were tagged with tracking devices by scientists who landed at Doyang in Wokha district to study the estimated one million Amur Falcons that had roosted in the area during their annual migration to South Africa.
The first three birds were named after the Naga people, Pangti village and Wokha district. Naga is a male, while Wokha and Pangti are females. The three aerial predators were fitted on their backs with tiny tracking devices carrying antennae and solar panels. The satellite tag weighs only 5 gram.The birds’ migration is being tracked through satellite linked to a website in Hungary. Every detail of the movement of the birds will be known through the devices, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Lokeswar Rao said in a press release today.
This is for the first time that Amur Falcons were tagged with satellite devices and released, thereby putting Nagaland on the international map with regard to conservation.
Source: Assam Tribune 16th Nov 2013.
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