The tracking project began as a standard scientific endeavor, intended to map the seasonal migrations that have defined eagle behavior for millennia. GPS technology allowed researchers to log the bird’s position with pinpoint accuracy, expecting to see the rhythmic, predictable lines of a creature moving toward predictable food sources. However, the eagle had other plans. Its journey was not a linear path between two points, but a chaotic, swirling web of movement that spanned continents. It would double back on its own path, pause for weeks in barren areas where no sustenance seemed available, and then take off in directions that should have been fatal.
For 20 years, an eagle equipped with GPS puzzled scientists: reco….See below
