Long Nights, Airplanes, and Avian Surgery: A Tale of Working With Volunteers to Study Long-tailed Ducks (Clangula hyemalis) Wintering on Lake Michigan

Luke J. Fara; Scott Ford; Brian R. Lubinski; Steven C. Houdek; Michael W. Eichholz

doi:10.1647/2018-418

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Luke J. Fara,^* Scott Ford,^* Brian R. Lubinski,^* Steven C. Houdek,^* Michael W. Eichholz^*

^*From the US Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, 2630 Fanta Reed Road, La Crosse, WI 54603, USA (Fara, Houdek); Avian Specialty Veterinary Services, 519 68th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53214, USA (Ford); the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Surveys Branch, 5600 American Boulevard West, Suite 990, Bloomington, MN 55437, USA (Lubinski); and the Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, Center for Ecology, Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, 251 Life Science II, Mail Code 6504, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA (Fara, Eichholz)

Abstract

Evidence suggests that wintering populations of long-tailed ducks along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts are in decline, but little is known about wintering populations on Lake Michigan. Researchers seek answers to basic questions regarding habitat use and migration patterns (temporal and spatial) of long-tailed ducks that winter on Lake Michigan, by using surgically implanted satellite transmitters. The processes of locating the birds, capturing and implanting satellite transmitters, and interpreting the results were challenging, and efforts relied on dedicated researchers, veterinarians, resource managers, and many volunteers.

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Luke J. Fara, Scott Ford, Brian R. Lubinski, Steven C. Houdek, and Michael W. Eichholz "Long Nights, Airplanes, and Avian Surgery: A Tale of Working With Volunteers to Study Long-tailed Ducks (Clangula hyemalis) Wintering on Lake Michigan," Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery 33(1), 82-88, (25 March 2019). https://doi.org/10.1647/2018-418

Published: 25 March 2019

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