Just about ready to fledge!

Jun 09, 2018

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Just about ready to fledge! 
We timed the banding just right!  These young caracaras are setting their eyes on the world beyond their nest saguaros.  The solar-charged transmitter is visible on the back of the bird on the left.  These 2 will fledge from their nest within the next week.  Locations from the transmitter will tell us how long this caracara will remain in the parents' territory.  Then hopefully we will learn where it goes when it finally disperses.

Joan L. Morrison, patsy w moler, and 4 others like this.

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About This Project

Where do all the caracaras that winter in central Arizona go during summer?

The initial phase of our project involves investigating the large groups of caracaras that winter in central Arizona. We will tag individual caracaras with solar-powered GPS transmitters then track them throughout the year to discover where they go in the summer months, and hopefully, their nesting sites. Thank you to all our donors so far! Additional funding will be used to conduct genetic analyses as we begin to unravel the evolutionary history of this species in North America.