Common loon migration and winter data: telemetry locations and archival geolocator tag location (ver 2.0, October 2022)
Dates
Start Date
2010-11-20
End Date
2011-04-05
Publication Date
2021-04-01
Revision
2022-10-28
Citation
Kenow, K.P, Fara, L.J., Houdek, S.C., and Gray, B.R, 2021, Common loon migration and winter data: telemetry locations and archival geolocator tag location (ver 2.0, October 2022): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9UIDEMO.
Summary
The data details common loon locations based on archival geolocator tag information, characteristics of common loon dives during wintering, and common loon locations based on telemetry data. Satellite transmitters (Model PTT-100, Microwave Telemetry, Inc) were implanted in 31 adult male (marked during July 2010 and July 2011) and 27 juvenile (marked during August 2014 and August 2015) common loons that were captured on breeding lakes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The satellite transmitters were programmed to transmit on a variable schedule based on the anticipated stage of migration during the loon’s annual cycle. We utilized the most accurate locations per 8-hour transmission period to describe the [...]
Summary
The data details common loon locations based on archival geolocator tag information, characteristics of common loon dives during wintering, and common loon locations based on telemetry data. Satellite transmitters (Model PTT-100, Microwave Telemetry, Inc) were implanted in 31 adult male (marked during July 2010 and July 2011) and 27 juvenile (marked during August 2014 and August 2015) common loons that were captured on breeding lakes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The satellite transmitters were programmed to transmit on a variable schedule based on the anticipated stage of migration during the loon’s annual cycle. We utilized the most accurate locations per 8-hour transmission period to describe the daily winter location of each adult loon. Spot measurements of water depth and distance to shore were determined for each radiomarked loon location. Water depth associated with each estimated location of radiomarked loons was determined using National Geophysical Data Center bathymetric data using ArcGIS software. Only location estimates for Argos location classes (LC) qualities 1–3 were used in the analyses.
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Kenow, K.P., Fara, L.J., Houdek, S.C., Gray, B.R., Heard, D.J., Meyer, M.W., Fox, T.J., Kratt, R.J., Ford, S.L., Gendron‐Fitzpatrick, A., and Henderson, C.L., 2021, Migration patterns and wintering distribution of common loons breeding in the Upper Midwest: Journal of Avian Biology, v. 52, no. 8, https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02609.
Satellite telemetry and archival geolocator tags were used to determine the migration patterns and wintering locations of breeding adult and young of the year juvenile common loons (Gavia immer) captured and marked on lakes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
