Editorial Type:
Article Category: Letter
| Online Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014
A Technique to Facilitate the Fitting of Telemetry Transmitter Harnesses
A Technique to Facilitate the Fitting of Telemetry Transmitter Harnesses
Page Range: 86 – 88
Keywords:
Osprey
; Pandion haliaetus;
telemetry harness
Copyright: © 2014 The Raptor Research Foundation, Inc. 2014
Figure 1.
(A). Diagram of template for telemetry harness fitting with straps held in position and stitched. The straps coming over the shoulders and under the wings secure the transmitter on the bird. (B). Diagram of the template with the loose ends of the straps cut off. At this point the template is cut away and removed from the bird.
Figure 2.
Osprey with harness in place. The stitching is complete, the excess straps have been cut, and the template is ready to be cut away.
Received: 01 Mar 2013
Accepted: 06 Oct 2013