Motus Wildlife Tracking Antenna
A Tool for Sustainable Urban Planning
Your Logo or Name Here Migratory birds are in trouble Scientists estimate that populations of many species are half of what they were 50 years ago! Yet little is known about many of these species.
White-throated Sparrow release. Photo by Celeste Sheehan. From Rushton Farms Your Logo or Name Here 2 Shoemaker Green
How is this relevant to Penn?
As new buildings and stormwater management spaces are developed, Penn has the opportunity to use native plantings. But which ones? Penn Park Understanding the local and transitory wildlife that inhabit the campus can inform decision Your Logo or Name Here 3 makers on best choices. How do we know what animals are passing through?
Is Penn a rest stop for migrating birds and other animals?
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Banding birds has been used since the early 1800’s to learn more about the habits of migratory birds.
Hermit Thrush banded October 30th. Photo by Celeste Sheehan Source: Rushton Farms Your Logo or Name Here 5 Motus Antennae & Tags
A geospatial (radio telemetry) wildlife tracking system, first used in Canada through Bird Studies Canada and Acadia University to track the migratory patterns of small flying organisms such as birds, butterflies, dragonflies, and bats
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Attached to birds, bats, butterflies, and dragonflies
Your Logo or Name Here 7 Motus Advantages
• Millions of detections • Gives direction of flight • Gives speed of animal
Prothonotary Warbler with Motus nano tag. Photo: BirdLife InterFrom Rushton Farms Your Logo or Name Here 8 The number of antennae has grown
2017 2019 Your Logo or Name Here 9 The Northeast Motus Collaboration
Penn
Your Logo or Name Here 10 Greenfund supported antenna on the Penn Campus
The Greenfund supported the purchase of an antenna on the Penn campus making it one of only a handful deployed in an urban area
Your Logo or Name Here 11 Northeast Motus Installation Collaboration The antenna was installed on the David The NE Motus Collaboration helped with installation and Rittenhouse Laboratory (DRL) Roof in February continues to help with software upgrades, research, and 2018 troubleshooting.
Your Logo or Name Here 12 Installing the antenna
The antenna was installed next to the existing weather station on the roof of DRL
Your Logo or Name Here 13 Power and Data
A solar panel was installed to power the antenna and Raspberry PI. A wireless connection allows us to obtain the system status on our iPhones and an SD card in the Raspberry PI collects the data. Your Logo or Name Here 14 What have we learned so far?
Have any birds flown by?
Your Logo or Name Here 15 Timeline
Set-up Second Detection Third Detection Feb 12,, 2018 May 30, 2018 July 7, 2018
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
2018 2019
First Detection Fourth Detection Fifth Detection May 29, 2018 Aug 31, 2018 Mar 10, 2019
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Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Sandpiper Tag Location South Carolina Release Date April 3, 2018 Penn Detect Date May 29, 2018 Typical Habitat Your Logo or Name Here 17 • Shorelines Ruddy Turnstone
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Shorebird Tag Location Cape May, NJ Release Date May 20, 2018 Penn Detect Date May 30, 2018 Typical Habitat Your Logo or Name Here 18 • Shorelines Bank Swallow
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Swallows Tag Location New Brunswick, Canada Release Date July 7, 2018 Penn Detect Date August 10, 2018 Typical Habitat Your Logo or Name Here 19 • Lakes and Ponds Common Nighthawk
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Nightjars Tag Location Ontario, Canada Release Date June 21, 2018 Penn Detect Date August 31, 2018 Typical Habitat Your Logo or Name Here 20 • Grasslands American Woodcock
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Shore Bird Tag Location Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, Maine Release Date October 23, 2018 Penn Detect Date March 10, 2019 Typical Habitat
• Forests, forest edges, old Your Logo or Name Here 21 fields, and wet meadows Research and Data Use
How has the available data been used so far?
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Developing software tools to help researchers better access data
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Studying the migratory patterns of the Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) population to Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology better understand the 62% decline in the population since 1966. Your Logo or Name Here 24 Caitlin Welsh
Adapting Avian Conservation Education for the 21st Century Classroom and Beyond: A Pilot Project
Your Logo or Name Here 25 Future Directions & Data Use
• Create lesson plans and QDA assignments for undergrad classes • Inform FRES of birds flying through Philadelphia and their preferred habitat • More research on urban impacts on migration routes Your Logo or Name Here 26 Thank You
Yvette Bordeaux 215-898-9191 [email protected] MOTUS Website: https://motus.org/
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