UNION LEADER • December 27, 2020
The first of an eventual network of 50 wildlife tracking stations across New England is now in southwestern New Hampshire, allowing scientists and conservation agencies to track the movements of tagged birds, bats and migratory insects. It is the newest addition to the Motus Wildlife Tracking System, a global network of nearly 1,000 such stations coordinated by Birds Canada. It can automatically track a new generation of highly miniaturized radio transmitters small enough to be deployed on animals such as hummingbirds and monarch butterflies.