Comparing Migrations
of Two Satellite-Tracked Loons
Maps and Data |
Loon #2539
Fall, 1998
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Loon #15746
Fall, 2000
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Date Departed |
11/2/98
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11/16/01
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Date
Arrived |
11/28/98
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11/28/01
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# Days Migrating |
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Total Distance |
2,184 km
(1,357 mi)
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2,043 km
(1,269 mi)
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Average Distance
Traveled per Day |
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- List all of the ways the migrations of these two loons are similar.
- Now list the ways they are different.
- What factors do you think might make the migrations similar? What might make
them different?
- If you were a biologist studying loon migration, what generalizations could you
make, based on these two loons?
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