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Whooping Cranes Survive 2009 Migration |
// Saturday, 13-Feb-2010 by Terry Anne Suchma
After a bumpy start, the youngest Whooping Cranes, class of 2009, departed Necedah National Wildlife Refuge, near Baraboo, WI, accompanied by their two avionic wranglers in ultra light vehicles on a flying adventure of 1,285 miles that would span 90 days.
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Birds Sniff Their Migratory Way |
// Tuesday, 9-Feb-2010 by News Manager
ScienceDaily (Jan. 28, 2010) — Birds largely rely on their sense of smell to navigate on their long migration routes. Indeed, the “third sense” has been shown to be a more important for them than orientation based on the sun and the earth’s magnetic field. Exactly how birds navigate on their migration routes has not yet been fully clarified. How does a bird develop an “internal map”? How does it find its way back to last year’s nest?
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