(YACHATS, OR) —Two Purple Martins from the Oregon coast have traveled over 1,500 miles toward their wintering grounds in southeastern Brazil. Despite leaving Oregon one day apart, they have now turned up within just a few miles of each other in Mexico. The birds, named Finn and Elise, are being followed using tiny solar-powered Cellular Tracking Technology (CTT) BlūBird tracking tags, developed last year. This is the first time this type of tag …
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