Satellites & Google Earth Used to Track Bird Movement and Preserve Species

Satellites & Google Earth Used to Track Bird Movement and Preserve Species: "U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientist Adrian Farmer and refuge biologist Bridget Olson, of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, work quickly with their quarries, gently attaching satellite transmitters to their backs and colored bands to their legs. The recipients of these devices are two Marbled Godwits, large-sized shorebirds that migrate from the southern coastal U.S. and Mexico to breed on the northern Great Plains and other sites in the U.S. and Canada."