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Other Motus receiver sites in
Oklahoma are at Optima, Hackberry JENA DONNELL/ODWC
Flat, and Sandy Sanders wildlife man-
agement areas, Great Salt Plains and
Tishomingo national wildlife refuges,
Tulsa Zoo, Tahlequah, Norman, and
Altus Air Force Base.
Explore the Motus Data Dashboard,
view receiver locations, or check out
interactive tracks of tagged animals
at motus.org/explore/.
In mid-September, OU research-
ers captured bats at Selman Bat
Cave WMA, and 40 Motus tags were
deployed to hopefully show those
bats’ migration paths. As of late
October, at least two of the bats
tagged in mid-September were still
This Mexican free-tailed bat has been equipped with a Motus tag that could help researchers better
being detected by the Selman Living understand the migration path from Oklahoma to Texas or into Mexico and back.
Laboratory’s receiver. MOTUS.ORG
Soon, two other bats that had been
tagged at the Selman site were detect-
ed at Sandy Sanders WMA and Great
Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge.
The Selman station has also con-
tributed to three other research
projects. A Sprague’s pipit tagged
in Montana by the Smithsonian
Conservation Biology Institute in late
July had migrated through the Great
Plains and was tracked to northwest-
ern Oklahoma on Oct. 9; a second This map shows Motus receiver sites in North America. The arrow points to the new location at the
Selman Living Laboratory in Woodward County.
Sprague’s pipit tagged in South
Dakota by Environment and Climate MOTUS.ORG
Change Canada in early October was
detected in northwestern Oklahoma
on Oct. 13; and a third Sprague's pipit
tagged in Montana by the University
of Oklahoma was detected near the
station Oct. 16.
With the passing of time and the
passing of other birds and animals
that carry Motus tags, researchers
hopefully will be able to move for-
ward in understanding animals that
seem to be in constant motion. This map shows the detection zones of the new Lotus antenna array at the Selman Living Laboratory.

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