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(GT)Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC) Mod
Kia ora koutou (hello everyone)
This is the nearly, but not quite, the end of the 23/24 season.
All had fledged but one with a GPS tag was recorded on the mud flats at the Aramoana salt marsh and bought back to the headland to try again.
Typically, failed fledges successfully fledge within 3 days of the rescue. This chick is now likely the oldest chick to have fledged from Pukekura. He is also the third chick with a GPS to have been quickly bought back to Pukekura due to the location being available to us without relying on passing observations which are often much less timely.
At a close second and one who also fledged yesterday was the Main Track Bank female aged 259 days.
Fun Fact: you can find her dad, BK on this link: https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-a ... al-family/
At the other end of the spectrum one of the first to fledge with a GPS is now past the International Date Line.
Having fledged at 230 days of age this female juvenile has taken just under 2 weeks to fly past the Chatham Islands and cross the International Date Line.
Another 3 chicks received GPS tags bringing the total to 10. The image below shows the relative location of all of them. The Twin Rock female is in the group of 2 closest to the International Date Line. They are not close together; the distances are huge in this image.
Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC)Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC)
Todays GPS tag locations, the change in colours refer to the change in charge on the solar panel. Turquoise is fully charged, yellow is part charged. Red, which we do not see here, is nearly empty.
1. Šodienas GPS tagu atjauninājums. Šajā attēlā ir redzamas tikai 5 atzīmes, kas ir tuvu Jaunzēlandei, un tā augšdaļā ir 200 km noteikums attāluma salīdzināšanai. Ņemiet vērā Četemas salas attēla labajā malā.Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC)
1.Todays GPS tag update. This image shows only the 5 tags closes to New Zealand and has a 200 km rule at the top for distance comparison. Note the Chatham Islands on the far right of the image.
2.We need to zoom out to view 3 of the other juveniles beyond the Chatham Islands. This this the distance rule is 1000 km.
3.The 2 other juveniles are closer to Chile although still have around 3000 km to go.