On March 31st, Shorebird Stewards from Seabrook Island and Kiawah Island assisted SC DNR and Georgia DNR with banding Red Knots on Kiawah. In addition to traditional numbered bands, several birds were fitted with Satellite trackers, giving scientists real-time date on their location, migration patterns and routes.
Photo: Gina Sanders
We’re excited to announce that SCDNR has made the data from the satellite tagged Red Knots publicly available on a user-friendly app called Animal Tracker, and they need your help! They’re hoping to build a solid constituency of interested people to follow the Red Knots in real time while the satellite tags are still actively tracking.
While the tags will fall off over time, current tracking shows that most are nesting in the Arctic as we speak! With fall migration, it will be very exciting to follow their migration path back to their wintering grounds!
For more information on the project, please click here. If you’d like to participate and help track, click here for instructions on downloading and using the app.
Submitted by Gina Sanders
Feature Photo: Banding Red Knots, Kiawah Island, Beach Walker Park. Photo: Gina Sanders