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Climate change makes migrations longer for birds
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Bird migrations are likely to get longer according to the first ever study of the potential impacts of climate change on the breeding and winter ranges of migrant birds.
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Bird migration from Africa in decline
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Apr 22, 2008 |
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British researchers said it appears the number of birds that migrate to Europe from Africa every spring is in decline.
Birds migrate earlier, but some may be left behind as the climate warms rapidly
Jun 20, 2008 |
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Many birds are arriving earlier each spring as temperatures warm along the East Coast of the United States. However, the farther those birds journey, the less likely they are to keep pace with the rapidly changing climate.
Migrating songbirds learn survival tips on the fly
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Jun 25, 2008 |
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Migrating songbirds take their survival cues from local winged residents when flying through unfamiliar territory, a new Queen's University-led study shows. It's a case of "When in Rome, do as the Romans do," ...
Birds Call to Warn Friends and Enemies
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Birds' alarm calls serve both to alert other birds to danger and to warn off predators. And some birds can pull a ventriloquist's trick, singing from the side of their mouths, according to a UC Davis study.
Migrating birds chill to fatten up
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Marathon runners are famed for pasta packing in the days before a big run but when tiny passerine birds set out on their epic migrations, the distances are too great to cover on the energy reserves with which they embark. ...
Birds 'See' Earth's Magnetic Field
Nov 16, 2009 |
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When birds migrate over long distances -- sometimes thousands of miles -- they usually end up in exactly the same place year after year. Such accurate feats of navigation, accomplished by millions of birds ...
Mystery shrouds loss of migrant birds
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May 26, 2006 |
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Mystery is surrounding the huge declines of birds that migrate thousands of miles from Africa to the UK and Europe each spring. Scientists fear that their dwindling numbers – well over 50 per cent down in some cases – may ...
Flu virus confirmed in migratory birds
Jul 07, 2005 |
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China has confirmed the deadly avian flu virus was found for the first time in migratory birds, raising fears the disease could spread to other regions.
For migrating sparrows, kids have a compass, but adults have the map
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Nov 05, 2007 |
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Even bird brains can get to know an entire continent -- but it takes them a year of migration to do so, suggests a Princeton research team.
Quails get super fit by simply eating omega-3 diet
Mar 27, 2009 |
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When tiny semipalmated sandpipers embark on their annual odyssey from the Canadian Arctic to their winter residences in South America, they set out on one of the world's longest migrations. On the way, the tiny birds stop ...
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