Songbirds fly faster than scientists thought they did--two to three times faster, in fact! A researcher from York University in Toronto outfitted wood thrushes and purple martins with miniature geolocators and tracked them as they migrated. The geolocators work by detecting light, which allows scientists to estimate the latitude and longitude where the data was recorded.Scientists found that the birds fly two to six times faster during their spring return journey than in fall. One purple martin flew from Brazil to back to its breeding colony in the United States in only 13 days!
Find out more about the songbird study on National Geographic News.
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Large photograph courtesy Timothy J. Morton
Inset photograph courtesy Bridget J. Stutchbury
it cant be real
I helped my cousin's cousin's dad with the tech on those.if you don't believe me,lie detector me!
That's just amazing!!!! See you learn something new everyday!!!
~~~~JON~~~~
(luckstomper)
Those look so awesome
Never expected songbirds to be this speedy! They're cool!!
yo wasup all me think dat this is one cool invention and dat these songberd tings are kool. me helpd my cousins dad on the tech on those and if you dont beleive me, iie dector me!!!! I bet my legs are faster than those bords wings though!!!! Know Why!?!? Wanna Know Why!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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*who cares jimmyjojo how fast you can run*anyway, that is cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*sonicguy22*
hey, jimmyjojo!you stole my line!