Forget Tweeting, Meet The Birds Who Blog
A project launched today by researchers in Aberdeen and the RSPB will see a group of Scottish birds writing their own blogs. Readers will be able to track the daily lives of red kites as they travel around the Scottish Highlands by visiting a website set up as part of efforts to ensure the species is successfully reintroduced to the area. The four blogging kites have been fitted with satellite tags that relay their position up to six times a day. This location information is automatically linked to weather, habitat and geographical data. So readers can hear from Millie about where she has been over the past week or catch up with Moray's roosting habits. They'll find out about the kind of food Moray has come across and the habitats she has visited by checking for weekly updates. If the birds come across each other during their travels, that information also makes...