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August 29th, 2014

The development of a STOC-EPS survey in French Guiana

As in Martinique and La Réunion, a STOC-EPS (point-count survey) scheme is being set up in…
August 21st, 2014

A school year inspired by herons

From November 2013 to June 2014, pupils from three classes in the éco-école Augustine-Duchange of…
August 21st, 2014

The third workshop on the development of the savannas

On July 16th last, all the participants in the workshops concerned with setting up a…

Life+ CAP DOM equip five Agami Herons with Argos transmitters

Launched by GEPOG in 2011, the "Heron project" of Life+ Cap DOM has the aim of studying the movements of eight Agami Herons with Argos transmitters fitted to them. Three birds were fitted with the transmitters in 2012, and one of them was tracked between April and November, notably during a movement extending across French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana and Venezuela!

In 2013, five new individuals were fitted with transmitters at the end of April, in the Marais de Kaw-Roura Nature Reserve, and we eagerly await news of their movements.

Agami Heron in flight, fitted with its transmitter © Vincent Rufray 2013
Agami Heron in flight, fitted with its transmitter © Vincent Rufray 2013

Anna Stier
Project leader
LIFE+ Cap DOM

Keywords : French Guiana, Kaw Marshes, Agami heron, Argos tracking

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