It is now 13 days since we last heard from Zoe. We are still having issues with Telstra - as only 1 of the 6 trackers checked in tonight. Fingers crossed she is doing OK - can only wait patiently.
Here is the latest update from Ian Falkenberg
Please find attached additional updates of satellite tracking data for February of the Ospreys and Wedge-tailed Eagles. Please keep in mind I select some of the more interesting and pertinent data to share and circulate as updates and
this is the second for February. Given Lee Heards departure from DEW, I have also updated my circulation list so I hope I have not missed anyone and you do not receive duplicates.
Port Lincoln (Barge) – Osprey Zoe - (February 2023 update)
This female Osprey has been fledged for about 85 days. Further to my last update, I have provided additional details of this Ospreys most significant flight through central Eyre Peninsula to Woomera, edge of Lake Torrens and then back to the coast near Elliston. Since departing Port Lincoln 3 weeks ago this Osprey has travelled a total of 1,440km and the Elevation Profile shows that over the past 18 days she has travelled a total of 1,310 km. The single flight from the coast at Mount Hope to Woomera / Lake Torrens and return to the coast at Elliston was 1,050km at an average altitude of 108 mtrs. This inland flight was undertaken over 3 days duration. Maximum elevation was 411 meters and minimum elevation of -6 mtrs. The Elevation Profile shows fights over the pastoral and agricultural areas were the highest (2 peaks) and the lowest flights were over the lake systems (eg low flat sections of the graph are flights over water to Flinders Island and the inland lakes
