WASATCH WIGEON'S TRUMPETER SWAN MIGRATION SURVEY
Wasatch Wigeons has spearheaded an effort with US Fish & Wildlife Service, Wyoming Wetlands, The Trumpeter Swan Society, and the Utah DWR to initiate a migration survey to find out where trumpeter swans migrate to in Utah.
This summer, with our partners, WW will be trapping and collaring two trumpeters at the Bear Lake Migratory Bird Refuge in Idaho and fitting them with GSM tracking collars. These tracking collars will provide real time information on the location of these birds as they migrate later this fall.
We hope to learn what breeding populations of trumpeters migrate through Utah, what routes they take, and where they spend their time while here. In early 2021, WW is also taking the lead with Utah’s DWR, USFWS, Wyoming Wetlands and Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge to conduct the first ever winter live trapping of trumpeters in Utah.
This effort will provide information to track their return to their nesting grounds. WW anticipates adding more collars each summer and winter until an appropriate sample size is reached. Your donation will help ensure that Wasatch Wigeons Association can continue this work now and in the future to understand trumpeter swan migration routes that have been previously unknown.
Collar tracking will be available online at the WW website and Facebook page. This understanding will help us ensure that trumpeter swans have the greatest protection possible as they travel back and forth to Utah.
This summer, with our partners, WW will be trapping and collaring two trumpeters at the Bear Lake Migratory Bird Refuge in Idaho and fitting them with GSM tracking collars. These tracking collars will provide real time information on the location of these birds as they migrate later this fall.
We hope to learn what breeding populations of trumpeters migrate through Utah, what routes they take, and where they spend their time while here. In early 2021, WW is also taking the lead with Utah’s DWR, USFWS, Wyoming Wetlands and Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge to conduct the first ever winter live trapping of trumpeters in Utah.
This effort will provide information to track their return to their nesting grounds. WW anticipates adding more collars each summer and winter until an appropriate sample size is reached. Your donation will help ensure that Wasatch Wigeons Association can continue this work now and in the future to understand trumpeter swan migration routes that have been previously unknown.
Collar tracking will be available online at the WW website and Facebook page. This understanding will help us ensure that trumpeter swans have the greatest protection possible as they travel back and forth to Utah.