Thursday, February 27, 2020

Tracks As Of 2/25/2020

Below are the migratory tracks of Pansiko, Launmakala and Tassiriki as of 2/14/2020.

Pansiko has traveled approximately 1700 Km in 44 days at an average speed of 1.64 km/h.  She currently appears to be headed for the east coast of Australia.  
This track image shows a 2018 track taken by "Lucy" from Moso Island to Australia.  
Above is an animation of the track that Pansiko took from Moso to near Australia.

Laumakala Migratory Track and Home Range

Launmakala (713459) left Moso 4 days after nesting and has traveled to whate appears to be her home foraging grounds off of the southern tip of New Caledonia.  Her homeward migration traversed 700 km in 21 days for an average speed of ~.8 km/hr.



Launmakala's home range is approximately 3.5 km X 1 km.  

Tassiriki has arrived at her home forage grounds off the southwest Shores of Aneityum Island.  This is the first of our 7 tagged turtles that remained within the republic of Vanuatu.






Thursday, February 13, 2020

TRACKS AS OF 2/13/2020


2/13/2020

Tracks of Launmakala, Tassiriki and Pansiko are shown below.  These are their locations as of 2/13/2020.