Some nomadic birds look for social cues to stop migrating
Birds of a feather not only flock together but also appear to settle down together.
Birds of a feather not only flock together but also appear to settle down together.
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2022
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Wind conditions during spring migration may be a predictor of apparent annual survival and the timing of breeding in yellow warblers, according to results published May 14, 2014, in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Anna ...
Ecology
May 14, 2014
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When viewed from shore in late fall and winter, Lake Michigan often appears barren and unwelcoming. Hardly a place anyone or anything would choose to spend the coldest months of the year, right? But many bird species ...
Ecology
Jan 31, 2013
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Bird species around the globe are suffering and dying from a type of malaria and, while these strains are not infectious to humans, they're spreading quickly through global transmission hotspots.
Plants & Animals
Sep 7, 2021
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The BirdCast program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is exploring bird migration—one of the greatest, mostly unseen spectacles of nature—with its new Migration Dashboard, which reveals bird movements in localized detail ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 20, 2022
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A new study is underway to characterize risks for migratory birds as they travel north from Central and South America and from the Caribbean in the spring, and south in the fall.
Plants & Animals
May 9, 2023
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Different species of migrating bird have different genetically programmed procedures that signal when it is time to head off and when it is time to return. It may have to do with factors such as daylight, temperature, weather ...
Ecology
Jun 29, 2023
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The Pennsylvania Game Commission has given preliminary approval to banning drones over 1.5 million acres of state game lands after reports of the unmanned craft near bald eagles' nests and drones interfering with migrating ...
Other
Apr 6, 2016
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Every spring, migratory birds arrive in the continental United States from south and central America to breed. But precisely when they arrive each spring varies from year to year. In a NASA-led study published in the Bulletin ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 20, 2022
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Nighttime light pollution levels are increasing the most in the southeastern United States, Mexico, and Central America—findings based on year-round data collected over the last two decades in the Western Hemisphere. This ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 1, 2022
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