Synthesizing Motus Data across the NERRS for Research, Education, and Conservation

November 6, 2024 - Over half of the NERRs have Motus wildlife tracking stations, which provide new information on the presence and movements of animals. Given the NERRS’ increasing number of Motus stations, growth of the resulting databases, and interest in these data from within and outside of the NERRs, there is an opportunity to develop a collaborative community and supporting infrastructure within the NERRS. This catalyst project’s five objectives were to: create a website to display Motus data across the NERRS, develop educational resources, develop an in-person education experience at the North Carolina NERR, construct towers at four sites that previously did not have towers, and promote communication and collaboration among NERRS staff. In this webinar, the project team demonstrates how to use the products that they developed, and discusses how to learn more about Motus and the state of the network within the NERRS and get involved.

Speakers: Marae West, Cape Fear Bird Observatory; Evan Buckland, Cape Fear Bird Observatory; and Ray Danner, Althouse & Meade

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00:00 - Intro and housekeeping
03:11 - Context and management need
06:30 - Objectives 1 & 4: Build a website and facilitate tower construction
18:03 - Bonus benefit: NERRS as a Motus region!
22:13 - Summarizing and displaying data from Motus stations with R
33:21 - Objective 2: Develop freely available education resources
41:37 - Objective 3: In-person educational experience
43:14 - Objective 5: Promote communication and collaboration among the NERRS
44:55 - Q&A