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. 2011 May 25;6(5):e19966. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019966

Table 1. Foraging variables of incubating Peruvian pelicans (Pelecanus thagus) from isla Lobos de Tierra, Perú, instrumented with GPS dataloggers.

Bird Trip Departure Arrival Period Trip length (h) Max. Distance (km) Total Distance Traveled (km) Destination Bearing (°) % of the trip time floating on the water
1 1 12/16 21:12 12/17 05:28 Night 8.26 21.07 79.15 155 77
2 12/17 19:39 12/18 06:40 Night 11.02 27.25 144.54 113 70
3 12/19 00:08 12/19 06:23 Night 6.24 24.99 64.49 132 80
4 12/20 17:04 12/21 06:32 Night 13.46 42.63 144.48 129 74
2 1 12/16 17:34 12/17 07:16 Night 13.70 82.82 278 172 50
2 12/18 20:30 12/19 06:12 Night 9.69 39.82 129.68 140 77
3 1 12/17 18:30 12/18 07:07 Night 12.63 46.48 159.69 163 77
2 12/19 10:13 12/20 06:21 Day/Night 20.13 41.95 207.47 162 81
3 12/21 18:47 12/22 06:10 Night 11.37 30.02 136.75 130 78
4 1 12/19 02:14 12/19 06:29 Night 4.24 40.34 101.46 137 54
2 12/20 04:03 12/20 07:16 Night 3.22 29.48 81.64 174 19
3 12/21 10:21 12/22 07:19 Day/Night 20.98 73.84 290.45 130 77
5* 1 12/18 20:37 12/18<10:00 Night ------- 37.77 ------- 138 -------

*Truncated approximately 5 km from the island during the inbound path.