Osprey juvenile on the Lux Arbor nesting platform on Crooked Lake 1 Photo by Larry Burdick 2017 Sara from the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary removing an osprey from the nest for banding 2 Photo by Larry Burdick 2017 ID: 632594
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Photo by Larry Burdick, 2017
Osprey juvenile on the Lux Arbor nesting platform on Crooked Lake
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Photo by Larry Burdick, 2017
Sara from the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary removing
an osprey from the nest for banding.
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Photo by Larry Burdick, 2017
Sara from the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary holds the osprey as
Dr. Julie from the Michigan DNR gets the materials ready.
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Photo by Roy Van Loo, Jr., 2017
Sara from the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary instructing the Avian Care Intern, Brenden, on how to properly handle the osprey.
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Photo by Roy Van Loo, Jr., 2017
Kellogg Bird Sanctuary Avian Care Intern, Brenden,
returning the banded osprey juvenile to the nest.
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Photo by Sara DePew-Bäby
, 2017
Ken from the Michigan DNR climbs the ladder
two weeks after banding to find the osprey juvenile that
has been chosen to be fitted with a GPS transmitter.
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Photo by Sara DePew-Bäby
, 2017
A great look at the bands fitted onto the bird just two weeks earlier.
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Photo by Sara DePew-Bäby
, 2017
The USDA ties the GPS transmitter “backpack” onto the osprey using leather straps. The GPS never weighs more than 3% of a birds’ body weight.
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Photo by Sara DePew-Bäby
, 2017
A close up view of the backpack once fitted onto the back of the osprey.
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Photo by Sara DePew-Bäby
, 2017
One final check of the osprey before being returned to the nest, by KBS, DNR, and Michigan Osprey staff. The GPS transmitters are purchased by Michigan Osprey, an organization helping to return the birds to the state.
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GPS transmitter data from August 3, 2017.
http://michiganosprey.org/osprey-migration-tracking/131008-lux-arbor-in-flight/
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