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Table 1 Movement summary of Gray Catbirds (Dumetella carolinensis) fitted with GPS tags

From: Migration ecology of western gray catbirds

      

Fall

Spring

Tag ID

Bird ID

Sex

Year

Fix

Loc.

Depart

Arrive

Length (Days)

Distance

(km)

Speed

(km/day)

Depart

Arrive

Length

(Days)

Distance (km)

Speed (km/day)

British Columbia

 42000

YRGX

M

2017

23

NLE

Sep 6

Oct 12

36

3905

108

–

–

–

–

–

 42005

YROX

M

2017

53

TX

Sep 10

Oct 12

32

3236

101

–

–

–

–

–

 48964

BBRX

M

2018

46

SLP

Sep 10

Oct 16

36

4686

130

–

–

–

–

–

 48961

BBXB

M

2018

48

TAM

Sep 12

Oct 14

32

4098

128

–

–

–

–

–

 48965

BBYX

M

2018

51

TAM, SLP, HID

Sep 16

Oct 22

36

4171

116

–

–

–

–

–

 48963

BBXD

F

2018

28

TAM*

Sep 6

Oct 16

40

4192

105

–

–

–

–

–

Mean ± SE

   

35 ± 1.2

4048 ± 193.5

115 ± 4.9

     

Montana

 251

LLBkA

F

2014

3

TAM

–

Dec 7

–

3235

–

–

–

–

–

–

 262

DBkAR

M

2014

4

TX

–

Dec 7

–

2746

–

–

–

–

–

–

 245

RAWW

M

2014

2

TAM

–

Jan 7

–

3507

–

–

–

–

–

–

 40958

LRYA

M

2016

8

TAM, HID

–

Oct 18

–

3072

–

–

–

–

–

–

 48126

LRYA

M

2017

38

TAM,

HID

Sep 14

Oct 19

35

3390

97

Apr 26

May 31

35

3501

100

 48120

ODAS

M

2017

41

TAM, VER, HID

Sep 9

Oct 14

33

3358

102

May 3

May 31

28

3424

122

 48121

OOAS

F

2017

22

VER

Sep 4

Oct 29

55

3911

71

–

–

–

–

–

 48123

DOGA

F

2017

36

TAM, HID

Sep 9

Oct 14

35

3579

102

Apr 26

May 24

28

3764

134

 48124

GOAS

F

2017

40

TAM, VER

Sep 19

Oct 19

30

3407

114

May 3

May 31

28

3677

131

 48131

WWAS

M

2017

36

TAM, SLP, VER

Sep 9

Oct 14

35

4032

115

–

–

–

–

–

 48133

RLGA

F

2017

37

TAM, PUE

Sep 9

Oct 14

35

3401

97

May 3

–

–

–

–

 48134

ADBkW

M

2017

37

VER, HID

Sep 9

Oct 4

25

3760

150

     

Mean ± SE**

  

35 ± 3.2

3604 ± 76.2

106 ± 7.8

  

29 ± 2

3591 ± 78

122 ± 7.7

  1. *Last fix on October 16, assuming overwintering site but could potentially still be on migration
  2. **Mean (± Standard Error) but not including length or speed for units with less than 10 fixes
  3. Summary of GPS tags attached to Gray Catbirds in the South Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada, and in the Bitterroot River Valley, Montana, USA with an emphasis on migration. Year is year GPS tag deployed. The fall depart date represents the last fix at the breeding site and the arrival date represents the first fix at the overwintering site. The spring depart date represents the last fix at the overwintering site and the arrival date represents the first fix back at the breeding site. Locations (Loc.) are abbreviated as Nuevo Leon (NLE), San Luis Potosi (SLP), Tamaulipas (TAM), Veracruz (VER), Hidalgo (HID), Puebla (PUE), and Texas (TX). Dashes indicate missing data: fall depart date is unclear from three Bitterroot River Valley catbirds due to first fixes occurring mid-migration; lack of spring migration data is due to premature battery exhaustion
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