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Now, GPS to monitor migratory birds [1]

Yogesh Kabirdoss, Chennai: GLOBAL Positioning System (GPS) has come handy to study the movement of migratory birds in the State.
Come December, the field station of Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) Mission, an NGO, which is engaged in natural conservation at Kodiakkkadu in Nagapatinam district, will start monitoring the movement of migratory birds using GPS.

Publication Date: 
13/11/2008
New Indian Express (Chennai) [2]
Tags:
Wildlife [3], Birds [4], Migratory Species [5], Remote Sensing [6], Tamil Nadu [7], Nagapattinam (D) [8]
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