Red-tailed hawk nesting ecology, seasonal migration and wintering areas
Authors(s): D. Craighead
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Abstract: Objectives To determine nesting requirements and influences, migration routes and timing, and wintering areas of Red-tailed hawks that breed in Grand Teton National Park. Findings and Status Four adult RTHA were fitted with 20 gram PTT satellite transmitters in April, 1999. Three were tracked to wintering areas in Mexico. Departure times from GRTE was mid-September. Arrival times onto wintering areas was approximately 30 days later. All three transmitters continue to send locations from Mexico.
Keywords: animal, bird, ornithology, Aves, hawk, red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, migration, ecology, nest, nesting, Grand Teton National Park, radio collar
| BIBLIOGRAPHY ID | 1426 |
| REF TYPE | Report |
| AUTHORS | D. Craighead |
| PUB DATE | 0000-00-00 |
| DATE STR | 0000-00-00 |
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| DOC TITLE | Red-tailed hawk nesting ecology, seasonal migration and wintering areas |
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| DOC TYPE | annual report |
| PUB VOLUME | 4255 |
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| KEYWORDS | animal, bird, ornithology, Aves, hawk, red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, migration, ecology, nest, nesting, Grand Teton National Park, radio collar |
| ABSTRACT | Objectives
To determine nesting requirements and influences, migration routes and timing, and wintering areas of Red-tailed hawks that breed in Grand Teton National Park.
Findings and Status
Four adult RTHA were fitted with 20 gram PTT satellite transmitters in April, 1999. Three were tracked to wintering areas in Mexico. Departure times from GRTE was mid-September. Arrival times onto wintering areas was approximately 30 days later. All three transmitters continue to send locations from Mexico. |
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