Movements of Northern Pintail Ducks and Whooper Swans Marked with Satellite Transmitters in Japan

View Movements of Northern Pintails

You need Google Earth installed on your personal computer to view an interactive file of Northern Pintail movements. To get Google Earth free.

Click on the interactive movements link below, if Google Earth doesn't automatically open:

In Internet Explorer - you will get a File Download window that asks you "Do you want to open or save this file?" Select Open. You will then get a window that says "Windows cannot open this file", choose "Select the program from a list". Click the Browse button in the bottom right corner. It will bring up the Program Files directory. Select Google/GoogleEarth.exe and click OK.

In Mozilla Firefox - you will get a pop-up window that will tell you to either "Open this file" or "Save to Disk". You need to select "Open with" and use the drop down box and select "Other". This will bring you to a browse feature. Point the browser to the Program Files/Google/GoogleEarth.exe file on your computer. Then say OK. Each time you go to this file (i.e. for updates) chose, Open with Google Earth.

To fully view the interactive image, click on the "View" tab on the top toolbar of Google Earth, and set the "Show Time" setting to "Never".  The image will show locations of individual pintails and lines connecting successive locations.  Each pintail is represented by a different colored symbol and line.  You can zoom in on any part of the image to see the quality and date of each location.  Click on a location for information on identification of the bird, time since the previous location, and distance moved from the previous location.  On the left side of the screen is a listing of all PTTs and the date of the last location.  The image was created using the Douglas Argos-Filter Algorithm v7.04

THE FOLLOWING IMAGES ARE BASED ON PRELIMINARY DATA.  THEY ARE NOT FOR USE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE USGS ALASKA SCIENCE CENTER. Contact jhupp@usgs.gov for more information.

Recent Movements of Northern Pintails Marked in 2009

Interactive Movements of Pintails marked in 2009

Click here for a non-interactive JPEG file that shows the last location for each pintail

For information on pintail movements in 2007 and 2008, contact jhupp@usgs.gov