Satellite Tracking of the Migration Routes of the Waterbirds Breeding in Qinghai Lake

The migration routes of Great Black-headed Gull and Bar-headed Goose breeding at Qinghai Lake were studied using satellite-tracking from July of 2006 to July of 2007.Four Great Black-headed Gulls and one Bar-headed Goose banded with satellite transmitters,arrived at their wintering sites and backed to Qinghai Lake in next year successfully.In this paper,the migration routes of Great Black-headed Gull and Bar-headed Goose were clarified,combining the application of satellite-tracking on birds migration,which provides the scientific evidences on the relationship between Avian Influenza and bird migration at Qinghai Lake,even at the Central Asia-India flyway.