Thanks to generous sponsors, we were able to purchase and deploy 22 geolocators on Prothonotary Warblers in 2016! We are eagerly awaiting the spring of 2017, when these birds will hopefully return with their geolocators, revealing where they spent the rest of the year after they left Louisiana.
2016 Geolocator Sponsors:
- Amy Grose - "Duke"
- Angie Orgeron - "Pierre"
- Mary & Biff Atwater (2) - "Strickland" & "Maxine"
- Crystal Johnson - "Wesley"
- Common Ground Relief - "Jimmy Straw"
- Linda & Ed Miremont - "Eazy Ed"
- Heather Conn - "Sonny"
- Norwyn & Lynda Johnson - "Chiquita"
- Joseph Vallee - "Reno - Marie Vallee"
- Kevin Morgan - "Kevin" & "Jonathan"
- Louisiana Birders Anonymous - "LABA"
- Louisiana Ornithological Society (3) - "Tom" "Grace" & "LOS"
- Michael Caire - "Carolina Elizabeth"
- Judith O'Neale - "Judith"
- Rosemary Seidler - "Sam"
- Barataria - Terrebonne National Estuary Program (2) - "Moria" & "Galadriel"
- Anonymous - "Abby-Christian-Blaine"
Meet the 22 Prothonotary Warblers:
We also thank these additional contributors for their financial support of the 2016 Prothonotary Warbler Program: Murrell Butler, Jerry Fisher & John Turner, Barbara Guglielmo, Jay Guillory, Gulf Coast Bird Club, and Rapides Wildlife Association.
Many thanks to our awesome volunteers, including: Brandon Broussard, Emily Clark, John Hartgerink, Delaina LeBlanc, Dan Mooney, Carol and Jeff Newell, Charlie Pfeifer, Jed Pitre, Jerry Seagle, Jessica Thornton, and Natalie and Cliff Waters, as well as our two LSU-Renewable Natural Resources Audubon WINGS Interns, Madelyn McFarland and Ryan Hudgins for helping monitor nest boxes.
And finally, thanks to our partners for allowing us to access their properties for Prothonotary Warbler monitoring: BREC, Murrell Butler, Jim Delahoussaye, Donna Dittmann & Steve Cardiff, Bill Poche, The Nature Conservancy, Louisiana Office of State Parks, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and National Parks Service.
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Help us track the migrations of Prothonotary Warblers by participating in the Geolocator Sponsorship Program.
