Tracking devices reduce warblers' chances of returning from migration

The tools ornithologists use to track the journeys of migrating birds provide invaluable insights that can help halt the declines of vulnerable species. However, a new study from The Condor: Ornithological Applications shows that these data come at a cost -- in some cases, these tracking devices reduce the chances that the birds carrying them will ever make it back to their breeding grounds.

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