Three tall antenna towers perched on the edges of Tomales Bay and Bolinas Lagoon have joined a global effort to monitor the world’s migrating birds and other small wildlife in hopes of better understanding the timing and route of their travels.
The antennae, part of a fast-growing network named Motus after the Latin word meaning “movement,” listen for pings emitted by tiny VHF radio transmitters attached to animals flying over West Marin. The information is…