Motus Tower Installation

We installed two Motus towers at our UTMSI/Fennessey Ranch field station last week. The Motus network tracks the movements of migratory birds. Radio receiver towers can detect transmitter tags attached to birds from as far as 20km away. As the number of birds carrying tags and the number of towers increase over time, the greater resolution we will have on the routes long-distance migratory birds use. This is especially important in identifying key stop-over locations where birds refuel before contining migration. These are the first MOTUS equipment installed as part of UT that we are aware of.

Funding was provided by the Texas Gulf Coast Research Center.