The hunt is on for a bird tracking device that, instead of logging the bird\u2019s movements, is likely tracking the travels of an unwitting tourist. Researchers are asking for the public\u2019s help to retrieve the tracker so that it can be used to study birds again.<\/p>\n

An oystercatcher, a black and white bird with a long, red-orange beak for breaking through shellfish, initially brought the tracker from Dublin, Ireland, to Orkney, an archipelago of islands north of Scotland. <\/p>\n

The bird seemed to have lost the tracker at the beach on one of the islands, Sanday, on April 7th. It stayed there until late May, when the device started tracking unusual movements for a bird. <\/p>\n