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Polk County and Drake University researchers promote Motus stations at Chichaqua Bottoms to map bird stopover sites
Summary
Polk County Conservation and a Drake University ornithologist described plans to deploy Motus tracking stations at Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt to identify critical migration stopover and refueling sites, noting Iowa's habitat loss and long-term bird declines.
Doug Sheileley, a natural resources supervisor with Polk County Conservation, and Dr. Mir Eaton, an ornithologist and professor at Drake University, described efforts to deploy Motus tracking stations at Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt to study bird migration.
"I work for Polk County Conservation as a natural resources supervisor," Sheileley said, introducing the county's wildlife-management work and the idea of creating monitoring stations across the Western Hemisphere.…
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