U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceThis map shows Motus tag deployments as of April 17, 2023. Some migratory shorebirds fly long distances. Really long distances. Shorebirds can fly from as far away as South America to the northern end of Alaska in the summer, and again during the winter. This is called the Pacific Flyway. But how do we know the paths that birds fly? How do we know where they stop, what they eat, and who their predators may be? We track them. The Motus Wildlife Tracking System is an international collaborative research network of automated radio-telemetry receiving stations. Motus, which is Latin for movement, tracks insects, birds, bats, and other animals over the landscape, using radio technology. It's just one of the tools that biologists, conservationists, and others use to monitor wildlife. In this storymap, we share how Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge and Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge are contributing to bird conservation through tracking--one bird at a time.ArcGIS FeatureLayerhttps://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/db3616a131574bf3a8778aad7139f5b2_0engU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Open DataPublicMotus tag deployments as of 4 17 23 [United States]Web servicesUnited StatesLast Modified: 2023-04-17