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Sunday, September 12, 2021

Migrating Birds Follow The Whims of The Wind When Flying Non-Stop Across The Sea [ScienceAlert, September 2021]

Title:
Migrating Birds Follow The Whims of The Wind When Flying Non-Stop Across The Sea 
 
Author:
Carly Cassella
 
Published:
Science Alert, 11 September 2021 
 
From the article:
A new study has found migrating birds can read and ride patterns in the wind to breeze across the sea.  
 
When researchers attached GPS trackers to five different species of globe-trotting bird, they found that the wind was the greatest force supporting the animals on their non-stop overseas flights.