Post log and anaconda

We're retrieving this data in real time to Movebank.org using ICARUS SigFox tags. Peru has partial IoT coverage along the coast which is proving great for coastal ecosystems. 1) SigFox coastal coverage; 2) fixes (white-direct transmission, black-requested from tag's memory)

Playing with the GPS data from 4 Peruvian pelicans and 1 band-tailed gull, here's how their habitat use has been changing over the months. Approaching the breeding season, pelicans use more open ocean habitat and less human dependent habitat. Gulls visit landfills more often.

Even Peruvian seabirds are centralized around Lima!

They came all the way from Chimbote, Ancón and Paracas, and seem to be prospecting for nesting colonies.

Most pelican breeding colonies were either wiped out or the nests abandoned during the last HPAI outbreak

I'm Diego and I work in diverse research projects in Peru, including camera trapping the rainforest and more recently wildlife tracking. I'm looking for funded PhD positions in Europe or Australia, so let me know if we have matching interests!

Small business + collab with local students. We share ideas of pilot studies and we finally have funds and hands to test small projects. With the help of wildlife.pe we're collaborating with students form Cusco who are testing a Mostela and AHDrift system in the Peruvian Amazon

This condor is being tracked with a GSM eobs GPS logger, so it only works in areas with cellular reception. Condors fly very high (>5000masl) so they can log into the network up in the sky when there's no reception in the ground. It's a relief when they log after over a week offline!

We have also started a monitoring program of Andean condors in Peru. We participated in a release of a rescued sub-adult male a month ago in Arequipa, and hope to continue working with the authorities in the future to track rescued wildlife and study their success.

Manuel, our Peruvian gull (Larus belcheri), is drastically changing its movement behavior as the breeding season (September) begins! You can follow it on the
Animal Tracker app (Android, iOS)! Look it up flying around Lima and the San Lorenzo island.

It was tagged w/ an ICARUS SigFox GPS backpack

We are also getting great data from a gull entering its breeding season, and also a possible new HPAI strain arrival with the northern migrants. This individual is exploring nearby islands and using urban spaces.

We need to tag more of these!

The data is directly uploaded to #MoveBank through the SigFox IoT network. In Peru this network has coverage in main cities, which are mostly spread along the coast; this allows us to get GPS fixes from these tags on migrating pelicans whenever they are near a city.

For my first post here, I'll share some information on what we're currently working on in Peru.

We're testing new GPS tags that work on the ICARUS SigFox IoT network. We're tracking Peruvian pelicans after they were hit hard by the HPAI outbreak, and are currently struggling with El Niño