Satellite tracking of wandering whistling-duck (Dendrocygna acuata)

Best viewed using Google Earth. (To download software click here).

To view movement tracks of birds simply download wanderers.kmz (click here) and open in Google Earth. Display all or one of the birds by checking the boxes. Query the timing of each leg of the path by clicking the cursor over each node. If you don't have broadband internet access see MAP.

Birds released at Lake Murray which is situated between the Fly and Strickland Rivers in the Western Province, PNG. Small communities are dotted along the shore and the nearest town is Kiunga 100 km to the north. This photo taken July 2007

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