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Yes, it really was a transmitter on that loon



The Common Loon reported as having a transmitter on its
back at Atlantic Beach, NC this weekend really did have
a transmitter on its back.

It's a satellite transmitter.  The bird was captured and
fitted with the transmitter in Wisconsin last summer.
It stayed there until early November.  It had a brief
stay on Lake Michigan and then spent some time
(I don't know how much) off the coast of Georgia
(up to 140 miles offshore).  And now it's feeding
in a canal at Atlantic Beach.  The bird is a first-winter
bird.

The information above is second-hand.

John Fussell
Morehead City, NC
jfuss@clis.com

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