Albatrosu tētis parāda oliņu.


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KA85 tīra spārnu spalviņas.

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(GT)Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC) Mod
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Kia ora koutou (hello everyone)
The Royalcam nest.
After GLG arrived back at Signal Station Trig nest for her turn at incubating the egg on the 26th of December it was decided to GPS tag her while she is fresh on the nest.
Geo Positioning Tags are very light weight and are cable tied to the strong back feathers between the wings. They will fall off after around a year when these feathers are moulted. We will receive the data via satellite so do not need to retrieve the device to see the information that it has gathered of the bird’s whereabouts. We hope to gain foraging location insights from the data.
The egg was placed in the incubator prior to tagging and returned once she was settled on a dummy egg on the nest. Dummy eggs are kept warm in the incubator until use, so it is near the bird’s body temperature when placed in the nest. Toroa are very accepting of eggs that are fake or not their own making dummy eggs great tools for conservation management.
(GT)Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC)
In the meantime, RLK/KA85 is around 500km from Pukekura, and nearing Rēkohu/Chatham Islands.
Today's GPS tag update of RLK/KA85 and 10 juvenile toroa and from Pukekura tagged 25th of September and 5th of October 2024.
Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC)Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC)
Now that RLK has circled Rēkohu, he appears to be heading back to Pukekura. Stay tuned for the next changeover.