Learning on the Wing

Photo: Smithsonian Institution

Exploring our world with Montezuma's Ospreys

Like so many times before, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the U.S. Fish and Widlife Service at Montezuma National Wildife Refuge teamed up to provide an opportunity to learn about migration first hand. This combined effort resulted in the unique chance to track the movements of one of Montezuma's nesting osprey.

Where is she now? On June 20 2001, one of the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) Osprey ("Zuma", a female nesting on North Spring Pool) was fitted with a telemetry transmitter to allow tracking her position. Click here for more details. In June 2002, a TV camera was positoned in a tree on North Spring Pool, with a video feed to the visitor center (where live action was seen on a large screen TV during 2002). Thanks to New York Wild for the video camera and setup. Also, in 1999, a female (known by her band number - 3D) nesting on the main pool was equipped with a transmitter - photos; unfortunately this transmitter failed shortly after she arrived in Venezuela. Click the globe for Zuma's travels and the data from 1999 before the transmitter failed. On March 27,2002 Zuma's signal was picked up for the first time this year in Western North Carolina; by late March or early April she had arrived at MNWR.	(Click the image)
What's an Osprey, anyhow? Lifestyle of the feathered	(Click the image)
Wetlands, the Vital Link Learn where Osprey live	(Click the image)
Learning Resources How to use the environment in your curriculum	(Click the image)

A cooperative Pilot learning experience sponsored by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, St. Mary's School, and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation.