Mark Kurlanski wrote a very interesting and good book: The Basque History of the World [1]. In our case, the world is “The tracking of the Scolopax rusticola with Radio-Telemetry via Satellite (RTVS).”
On September 27th, 2009, a nice article appeared in the New York Times: Basque without borders [2]. In our particular world, it can be translated into “Scolopax rusticola without frontiers (SRWF)[3].”
Paraphrasing Kurlanski, this website will be a kind of The Basque History of the SRWF, i.e., “the Basque history of the tracking of the Scolopax rusticola with RTVS."
On September 27th, 2009, a nice article appeared in the New York Times: Basque without borders [2]. In our particular world, it can be translated into “Scolopax rusticola without frontiers (SRWF)[3].”
Paraphrasing Kurlanski, this website will be a kind of The Basque History of the SRWF, i.e., “the Basque history of the tracking of the Scolopax rusticola with RTVS."
All this were very clear to me when, in March 2009, at the Microwave Telemetry Inc.’s office (Baltimore, Maryland), I saw the Basque flag (ikurrina) among another 52 flags of different countries. The ikurrina was at MTI’s main meeting conference room.
So, in Baltimore I decided to write the Basque history of the main steps of that tracking.
The history began in 2003. At that time there were no available PTTs for the Eurasian woodcock.
In 2004 most of the information that was available in internet was analyzed. At the end of 2004 we knew that MTI was preparing new solar PTTs of 12 grams.
For traditional radio-telemetry tracking, we did know that some woodcocks were equipped with transmitters of 12 grams
So, in Baltimore I decided to write the Basque history of the main steps of that tracking.
The history began in 2003. At that time there were no available PTTs for the Eurasian woodcock.
In 2004 most of the information that was available in internet was analyzed. At the end of 2004 we knew that MTI was preparing new solar PTTs of 12 grams.
For traditional radio-telemetry tracking, we did know that some woodcocks were equipped with transmitters of 12 grams
[4].
So, at the beginning of January 2005, we contacted MTI [5].
On March 1st, 2005, we sent MTI an email with the following decision:
So, at the beginning of January 2005, we contacted MTI [5].
On March 1st, 2005, we sent MTI an email with the following decision:
(a) We are planning to follow the counter migration of the Scolopax rusticola, starting next March 2006
(b) So, we will need (some) PTT-100 12 gram Solar PTTs to be in our hands by next January, 2006
(b) So, we will need (some) PTT-100 12 gram Solar PTTs to be in our hands by next January, 2006
And so, the Basque History of SRWF began.
[1] http://www.basqueed.org/Basque-History.htm.
[2] http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/travel/27basque.html.
[3] In Basque: Mugarik gabeko Scolopax rusticola: http://mugarikgabekoscolopaxrusticola.blogspot.com/.
[4] See O. Duriez’s thesis (2003): Stratégies individuelles d'hivernage chez la bécasse des bois (Scolopax rusticola): compromis énergétiques pour la sélection de l'habitat, in http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/documents/archives0/00/00/35/09/tel-00003509-00/tel-00003509.pd.
[5]
[2] http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/travel/27basque.html.
[3] In Basque: Mugarik gabeko Scolopax rusticola: http://mugarikgabekoscolopaxrusticola.blogspot.com/.
[4] See O. Duriez’s thesis (2003): Stratégies individuelles d'hivernage chez la bécasse des bois (Scolopax rusticola): compromis énergétiques pour la sélection de l'habitat, in http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/documents/archives0/00/00/35/09/tel-00003509-00/tel-00003509.pd.
[5]
See Scolopax rusticola without frontiers for an introduction: http://www.euskonews.com/0522zbk/gaia52202en.html.
