Keeping Track of Buck

Summary:
An osprey named buck was born in Great Falls, SC in the spring of 2009. An osprey is a bird of prey. During the birth of this bird the nonprofit organization Catawba Valley Land Trust, sponsored this bird in taking part of an observation on how the bird is doing in its new habitat. Since August the bird flew from the Carolinas to Georgia, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. After staying in Tennessee for five weeks the bird was about to take a long journey to South America since then the bird is now located near Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. Buck has been fitted for a transmitter which used satellite technology to track his whereabouts. Once the winter is over Buck will return to his home in the US where you will be able to find him with his family. This is teaching the students at the Great Falls Elementary School about Buck and about other wild life. Teaching the kids how you should respect the nature that is around you.

Relationship with Psychology:
Psychology relates to this topic by using scientific methods. This would be used in a laboratory observation even though this animal isn’t literally in a lab the organization and students are studying this species with a device by tracking its behavior. Using case studies can help with understanding buck and why the bird chooses to do what it does. I thought this was an interesting subject to study because just to see a bird come from SC and will eventually end up in South America is fascinating, I always have wondered where all the birds fly to and how long it took them to get to where they are going and by them studying buck they may find out a lot more than they know now.







Sunday, November 15, 2009 article
The Lancaster News
Chapter 1, Descriptive methods of Observation