Bird migration is a seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year. It is typically from north to south or...
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Reverse migration, also called reverse misorientation, is a phenomenon whereby a bird migrates in the opposite direction to that typical of its species...
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Migrating birds face many perils as they travel between breeding and wintering grounds each year. Migration is a dangerous part of a bird's life cycle...
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major animal groups, including birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and crustaceans. The cause of migration may be local climate, local availability...
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Altitudinal migration is a short-distance animal migration from lower altitudes to higher altitudes and back. Altitudinal migrants change their elevation...
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Weather radar (redirect from Doppler radar and bird migration)
November 2015. "How Bird Migrations Show Up Beautifully on Doppler Radar". Smithsonian.com. Retrieved 9 November 2015. "Following Bird Migration with Doppler"...
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Vulture; The Highest Recorded Flying Bird". Boston University. Lincoln, Frederick C. (1999). Migration of Birds. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. p. 30...
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A bird observatory is a centre for the study of bird migration and bird populations. They are usually focused on local birds, but may also include interest...
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American Bird Phenology Program houses a unique and largely forgotten collection of six million Migration Observer Cards that illuminate migration patterns...
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Ornithology (redirect from Bird watching towers)
scientifically accurate bird illustrations. Aristotle in 350 BC in his History of animals noted the habit of bird migration, moulting, egg laying, and...
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Bird fallout or migration fallout is the result of severe weather preventing migratory birds from reaching their destination. This can occur while birds...
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there are increases in bird collisions during fall and spring migrations due to greater movement in bird populations, and because birds are less familiar with...
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Animal migration Bird migration Plant migration, see Seed dispersal, the movement or transport of seeds away from the parent plant Gene migration, a process...
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subsequent recapture, recovery, or observation of the bird can provide information on migration, longevity, mortality, population, territoriality, feeding...
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migration is the phenomenon in which migrating birds are blown off course by the winds while they are in flight. It is more likely to happen to birds...
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Ventotene (section Bird migration)
migratory birds. The bird observatory, which was founded in 1988, rings approximately 20,000 birds a year. During the height of the spring migration in April...
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Birdwatching (redirect from Bird watching)
the 2019 film Birders is a short documentary. Bird feeding Bird hide Bird migration Black Birders Week Important Bird Area List of birding books List of...
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Strait of Messina (section Bird migration)
bottleneck shape, it is also a compulsory point of transit in the migration of many bird species. In 1957, a 220 kV overhead power line was built across...
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photobiology for establishing the link between the length of daylight and bird migration. Rowan was recognized for his findings with the Flavelle Medal in 1946...
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Fish migration is mass relocation by fish from one area or body of water to another. Many types of fish migrate on a regular basis, on time scales ranging...
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Winged Migration (French: Le Peuple Migrateur, also known as The Travelling Birds in some UK releases, or The Travelling Birds: An Adventure in Flight...
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Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center is a research program dedicated to fostering greater understanding, appreciation, and protection of bird migration. It is located...
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from wild birds". europa.eu. 28 September 2023. "The Eurasian African Bird Migration Atlas". migrationatlas.org. "Eurasian-African Bird Migration Atlas"...
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Hummingbird (redirect from Hummingbird migration)
visual and communication abilities, and long-distance migration in some species. Among all birds, male hummingbirds have the widest diversity of plumage...
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Pfeilstorch (category Bird migration)
understanding the migration of European birds. Before migration was understood, people struggled to explain the sudden annual disappearance of birds like the white...
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migrate in the opposite direction. This is a significant difference from bird migration. All insects move to some extent. The range of movement can vary from...
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radio tracking that can be utilized, especially in the case of small bird migration, is the use of geolocators or "geologgers". This technology utilizes...
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Human-guided migration or human-led migration is a method of restoring migratory routes of birds bred by humans for their reintroduction into the wild...
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earthquakes, strong currents in the strait, concerns of disruption of bird migration routes, and the infiltration of mafia groups Cosa Nostra and 'Ndrangheta...
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fall migrations. Bird strikes above 500 feet (150 m) altitude are about 7 times more common at night than during the day during the bird migration season...
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