Movement Ecology

Where and when they move, and why….

Our objectives for studying the movement ecology of the Red-tailed Hawk are broad and evolving, but we currently have two objectives: connect phenotype and genotype to a breeding location and resolve the status of polymorphism in the subspecies abieticola. We hope to grow this effort as a strategy for obtaining breeding provenance for population genomics work, while developing a growing dataset to answer questions including, but not limited to, the phenology of movements, differential movements between and within populations, and to better understand plumage type as an indicator of geographic origin.

Our transmitter Birds

Trigger

Trap location: Lawrence, Kansas

Trap date: 1 March 2020

Breeds: Northern British Columbia

Nutsy

Trap location: Lawrence, Kansas

Trap date: 1 March 2020

Breeds: Northern British Columbia

Trudi

Trap location: Hawk Ridge, Minnesota

Trap date: 15 October 2021

Manley

Trap location: Hawk Ridge, Minnesota

Trap date: 20 February 2021

Ben

Trap location: Midland, Kansas

Trap date: 19 March 2022

Color band: Blue – 6Y

Aries

Trap location: Lawrence, Kansas

Trap date: 20 February 2021

Color band: Blue – 3N

Mars

Trap Location: Potter, Kansas

Trap Date: 18 February 2021

Color band: Blue – 3E

Ember

Trap location: Greeley, Kansas

Trap date: 21 March 2022

Color band: Blue – 9E

Hathor

Trap location: Centropolis, Kansas

Trap date: 18 March 2021

Color band: Blue – 2J

Hanna

Trap location: Williamstown, Kansas

Trap date: 15 March 2022

Color band: Blue – 8P

Grogu

Trap location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Trap date: 18 December 2020

Color band: Blue – 75/B

Steve

Trap location: Eskridge, Kansas

Trap date: 20 March 2022

Color band: Blue – 6B

R2D2

Trap location: St. Mary’s, Kansas

Trap date: 20 February 2021

Color band: Blue – 2R

Osborne

Trap location: Nebraska

Trap date: 27 February 2021

Color band: Blue – 2X

Hobbes

Trap location: Moscow, Idaho

Trap date: 7 March 2021

Dusty

Trap location: Lawrence, Kansas

Trap date: 16 March 2022

Color band: Blue – 1V

Teresa

Trap location: Denton, Missouri

Trap date: 13 March 2022

Color band: Blue – 4C

Calvin

Trap location: Moscow, Idaho

Trap date: 20 March 2021

Albus

Trap location: Lawrence, Kansas

Trap date: 17 February 2021

Color band: Blue – 2V

Ahsoka

Trap location: Lawrence, Kansas

Trap date: 18 January 2021

Color band: Blue – 3Z

Freya

Trap location: Stull, Kansas

Trap date: 17 March 2022

Color band: Blue – 6K

Heidi

Trap location: Gobler, Missouri

Trap date: 13 March 2022

Color band: Blue – 6X

Goodrich

Trap location: Addison, Vermont

Trap date: 20 December 2020

Color band: Blue – 1U

Obi-Wan

Trap location: Middlebury, VT

Trap date: 10 January 2021

Color band: Blue – OB

Martell

Trap location: Hawk Ridge, Minnesota

Trap date: 12 November 2020

Mikasa

Trap location: Hayes, Louisiana

Trap date: 12 March 2022

Color band: Blue – 6C

Anj

Trap location: Dodge City, Kansas

Trap date: 19 March 2022

Color band: Blue – 9P

Clarence

Trap Location: Lawrence, Kansas

Trap date: 16 February 2021

Color band: Blue – 2C

Plo Koon

Trap location: Olathe, Kansas

Trap date: 19 February 2021

Color band: Blue – 2D

Percival

Trap location: Lawrence, Kansas

Trap date: 20 February 2021

Color band: Blue – 3P

Doc Swanson

Trap location: Ithaca, New York

Trap date: 20 March 2021

Color band: Blue – 2W

Rutherford

Trap location: Ithaca, New York

Trap date: 20 March 2021

Color band: Blue – 1R

Kirby

Trap location: Cheboygan, Michigan

Trap date: 3 April 2021

Red

Trap location: Mackinaw, Michigan

Trap date: 2 April 2021

Herald

Trap location: Mackinaw, Michigan

Trap date: 2 April 2021

Morpheus

Trap location: Mackinaw, Michigan

Trap date: 4 April 2021

Jack

Trap location: Mackinaw, Michigan

Trap date: 17 April 2021

Patagium

Trap location: Mackinaw, Michigan

Trap date: 4 April 2021

Rip

Trap location: Mackinaw, Michigan

Trap date: 5 April 2021

Rowan

Trap location: Mackinaw, Michigan

Trap date: 5 April 2021

Traveler

Trap location: Mackinaw, Michigan

Trap date: 5 April 2021

Sam

Trap location: Mackinaw, Michigan

Trap date: 5 April 2021

Trinity

Trap location: Mackinaw, Michigan

Trap date: 5 April 2021

Otto

Trap location: Cedar Grove, Wisconsin

Madison

Trap location: Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station, Wisconsin

Lila

Trap location: Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station, Wisconsin

Rosie

Trap location: Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station, Wisconsin

Dragon

Trap location: Lake Arthur, Louisiana

Trap date: 6 March 2022

Color band: Blue 6S

Leon

Trap location: Lake Arthur, Louisiana

Trap date: 6 March 2022

Color band: Blue – 6P

Irby

Trap location: Gallatin, Missouri

Trap date: 22 March 2022

Color band: Blue 5V

Bruiser

Trap location: Gueydan, Louisiana

Trap date: 7 March 2022

Color band: Blue – 6V

Solo

Trap location: Delcambre, Louisiana

Trap date: 10 March 2022

Color band: Blue – 4Y