Table Status and locations (May 2017) of tracked straw-necked ibis captured in the Macquarie Marshes ID Name Sex Last Location Comments catchment 165111 Gigi M Border 20km SE of Glenn Innes. GPS Mobile, generally travelling north but Rivers -29.8441, 151.8985. resident in this area for some weeks. 165116 Gough M Lachlan Dead. Found in a wetland Cause of death: botulism. Bird feathers, near Hillston. bones and leg rings and transmitter recovered by CSIRO. Transmitter moved and cached in tree by Pied Butcherbirds. 165117 Gracy F Burdekin Burdekin River, near Ayr, Mobile, has been travelling north. south of Townsville Qld. 165118 Galaxy F Missing 35km E of Warwick, Missing. Last fix 11/3 5pm 12km E of Qld. GPS -28.1447, farm. GPS -28.1447, 152.3887. Johanne 152.3887 Forbes, DNRM QLD arranged for the landholders too search, with no luck. The creekline and dam had been flooded and there were signs of wild dogs. 165119 Gill M Between Coombana and Mobile. Resident in this area for some Undera, Goulburn R area. weeks. Roosting in trees adjacent to GPS -36.2982, 145.2765. channels and foraging at a nearby (pig?) farm
Table Status and locations (May 2017) of tracked straw-necked ibis captured in the Macquarie Marshes ID Name Sex Last catchment Location Comments 165111 Gigi M Border Rivers 20km SE of Glenn Innes. GPS -29.8441, 151.8985. Mobile, generally travelling north but resident in this area for some weeks. 165116 Gough M Lachlan Dead. Found in a wetland near Hillston. Cause of death: botulism. Bird feathers, bones and leg rings and transmitter recovered by CSIRO. Transmitter moved and cached in tree by Pied Butcherbirds. 165117 Gracy F Burdekin Burdekin River, near Ayr, south of Townsville Qld. Mobile, has been travelling north. 165118 Galaxy F Missing 35km E of Warwick, Qld. GPS -28.1447, 152.3887 Missing. Last fix 11/3 5pm 12km E of farm. GPS -28.1447, 152.3887. Johanne Forbes, DNRM QLD arranged for the landholders too search, with no luck. The creekline and dam had been flooded and there were signs of wild dogs. 165119 Gill M Between Coombana and Undera, Goulburn R area. GPS -36.2982, 145.2765. Mobile. Resident in this area for some weeks. Roosting in trees adjacent to channels and foraging at a nearby (pig?) farm
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