Oct 16, 1994 / Airlie Center / Canada Goose

Supplemental Feedings: What's This?
Yes Reference Source
Feeding Duration (in days): What's This?
Not Located Reference Source
Marked With: What's This?
Leg Bands
Other
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Monitored By: What's This?
Not Located Reference Source
Monitoring Duration: What's This?
Not Located Reference Source
Number Survived 1 Week: What's This?
36 Reference Source
Percentage Survived 1 Week: What's This?
100.00 Reference Source
Number Survived 1 Month: What's This?
36 Reference Source
Percentage Survived 1 Month: What's This?
100.00 Reference Source
Number Survived 1 Year: What's This?
up to 33 Reference Source
Percentage Survived 1 Year: What's This?
up to 92.00 Reference Source
Main Cause of Death: What's This?
Hunting/Trapping Reference Source
Breeding Attempted: What's This?
Not Located Reference Source
Breeding Successful: What's This?
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Return Allowed: What's This?
Yes Reference Source
Notes: What's This?
This experiment was trying to develop techniques to teach migration using ultralight planes, to be later applied to whooping cranes. RELEASE DATES: Day landed at wintering ground (after migration following plane). Had 2nd migration leg to Tom Yawkley Wildlife Center, South Carolina from Dec1-10. MARKED WITH: leg & neck bands. 33/35 birds migrated back to natal location on their own in April '95.
Data submitted by: What's This?
Jade McGill