Satellite tracking

Current satellite tracking 

From 2016 to 2023 we have fitted trackers to a total of 214 waterbirds! This page contains individual profiles with maps and photos for our currently active tracked birds.

You can find information on the birds no longer being tracked at the following pages:

Locations where satellite trackers were fitted include: Middle Reedy Lake, Kerang (Victoria), Kow Swamp (Victoria), Millewa Forest (NSW), Bala Rookery (Eulimbah Swamp), Gayini (NSW), Macquarie Marshes (NSW), Lake Cowal (NSW) and Narran Lakes (NSW).

Note: the age given is the age of the bird at the time of deployment

 

Introducing the stars of the program:

BENJI

Juvenile male straw-necked ibis

Location tracked from: Kow Swamp, Victoria

Date tracked from: 4/07/2017

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JOHNNY

Juvenile Australian white ibis

Location tracked from: Kow Swamp, Victoria

Date tracked from: 4/12/17

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DANI

Adult female straw-necked ibis

Location tracked from: Kow Swamp, Victoria

Date tracked from: 20/11/19

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HAN SOLO

Adult male straw-necked ibis

Location tracked from: Kow Swamp, Victoria

Date tracked from: 21/01/2020

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GUS

Adult male Australian white ibis

Location tracked from: Fairfax Floodway, Gayini NSW

Date tracked from: 11/12/20

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NGAWIN

Adult female straw-necked ibis

Location tracked from: Bala Rookery (Eulimbah Swamp), Gayini NSW

Date tracked from: 15/1/21

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WILAN

Juvenile male straw-necked ibis

Location tracked from: Bala Rookery (Eulimbah Swamp), Gayini NSW

Date tracked from: 16/1/21

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ROHAN

Juvenile male straw-necked ibis

Location tracked from: Eulimbah, NSW

Date tracked from: 17/1/2021

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TEE

Juvenile male straw-necked ibis

Location tracked from: Bala Rookery (Eulimbah Swamp), Gayini NSW

Date tracked from: 18/1/21

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MATT

Adult male straw-necked ibis

Location tracked from: Macquarie Marshes, NSW

Date tracked from: 18/01/2022

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NIKI

Adult female straw-necked ibis

Location tracked from: Macquarie Marshes, NSW

Date tracked from: 19/01/2022

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LILLY

Adult female straw-necked ibis

Location tracked from: Macquarie Marshes, NSW

Date tracked from: 19/01/2022

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SIMON

Adult male straw-necked ibis

Location tracked from: Macquarie Marshes, NSW

Date tracked from: 19/01/2022

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MAC

Adult male straw-necked ibis

Location tracked from: Macquarie Marshes, NSW

Date tracked from: 19/01/2022

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LENEHAN

Juvenile male straw-necked ibis

Location tracked from: Lake Cowal, NSW

Date tracked from: 4/02/2022

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ALTO

Juvenile royal spoonbill

Location tracked from: Lake Cowal, NSW

Date tracked from: 5/02/2022

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SHO

Juvenile royal spoonbill

Location tracked from: Narran Lakes, NSW

Date tracked from: 10/03/2022

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JO

Adult royal spoonbill

Location tracked from: Narran Lakes, NSW

Date tracked from: 11/03/2022

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DHARRIWAA

Adult royal spoonbill

Location tracked from: Narran Lakes, NSW

Date tracked from: 11/03/2022

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CAM

Juvenile straw-necked ibis

Location tracked from: Narran Lakes, NSW

Date tracked from: 13/03/2022

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TORRIGANNY

Adult female straw-necked ibis

Location tracked from: Booligal, NSW

Date tracked from: 16/11/2022

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LILIBET

Juvenile royal spoonbill

Location tracked from: Booligal, NSW

Date tracked from: 17/11/2022

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JIM

Adult female straw-necked ibis

Location tracked from: Booligal, NSW

Date tracked from: 18/11/2022

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ED

Adult female straw-necked ibis

Location tracked from: Booligal, NSW

Date tracked from: 18/11/2022

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MAUDE

Juvenile royal spoonbill

Location tracked from: Gayini, NSW

Date tracked from: 26/01/2023

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MILFOIL

Juvenile royal spoonbill

Location tracked from: Gayini, NSW

Date tracked from: 26/01/2023

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LIGNUM

Juvenile royal spoonbill

Location tracked from: Gayini, NSW

Date tracked from: 26/01/2023

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SNOWFLAKE

Juvenile royal spoonbill

Location tracked from: Gayini, NSW

Date tracked from: 27/01/2023