Anne Savage
Disney's Animal Kingdom, P.O. Box 10000, Lake Buena Vista, FL; (407)
938-2837;fax (407) 939-6391;
AnneSavage@aol.com
Elizabeth F. Stevens
Disney's Animal Kingdom, P.O. Box 10000, Lake Buena Vista, FL
Fred W. Koontz
Wildlife Conservation Society, 185 St. and Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY
Charles Koontz
Columbia Consultants
Lenn Brisbin
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, P.O. Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29801
A. Lawrence Bryan, Jr.
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, P.O. Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29801
John Robinette
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Abstract
Although conventional VHF telemetry has been used to track the general migration of the endangered wood stork (Mycteria americana), little detail is known of complete migration paths or patterns of winter range use. Because satellite telemetry allows one to collect such a high frequency of location information, this technology was used to track four wood storks from the breeding colony in coastal Georgi to their wintering groung in south and central Florida. In this preliminary survey, the four telemetered storks showed distinctly different migration paths as well as differences in winter range size, geographic location, and patterns of use. Because wood storks demonstrate high variability of geographically large winter ranges, using satellite technology is essential because it allows a more robust analysis of the species' habitat use.
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