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      Geographical and temporal flexibility in the response to crosswinds by migrating raptors

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          Migratory shearwaters integrate oceanic resources across the Pacific Ocean in an endless summer.

          S A Shaffer, Y Tremblay, H Weimerskirch … (2006)
          Electronic tracking tags have revolutionized our understanding of broad-scale movements and habitat use of highly mobile marine animals, but a large gap in our knowledge still remains for a wide range of small species. Here, we report the extraordinary transequatorial postbreeding migrations of a small seabird, the sooty shearwater, obtained with miniature archival tags that log data for estimating position, dive depth, and ambient temperature. Tracks (262+/-23 days) reveal that shearwaters fly across the entire Pacific Ocean in a figure-eight pattern while traveling 64,037+/-9,779 km roundtrip, the longest animal migration ever recorded electronically. Each shearwater made a prolonged stopover in one of three discrete regions off Japan, Alaska, or California before returning to New Zealand through a relatively narrow corridor in the central Pacific Ocean. Transit rates as high as 910+/-186 km.day-1 were recorded, and shearwaters accessed prey resources in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere's most productive waters from the surface to 68.2 m depth. Our results indicate that sooty shearwaters integrate oceanic resources throughout the Pacific Basin on a yearly scale. Sooty shearwater populations today are declining, and because they operate on a global scale, they may serve as an important indicator of climate change and ocean health.
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            Birds: blowin’ by the wind?

            Felix Liechti (2006)
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              Flight orientation behaviors promote optimal migration trajectories in high-flying insects.

              Jeffrey Smith, Rebecca Nesbit, Jane K. Hill … (2010)
              Many insects undertake long-range seasonal migrations to exploit temporary breeding sites hundreds or thousands of kilometers apart, but the behavioral adaptations that facilitate these movements remain largely unknown. Using entomological radar, we showed that the ability to select seasonally favorable, high-altitude winds is widespread in large day- and night-flying migrants and that insects adopt optimal flight headings that partially correct for crosswind drift, thus maximizing distances traveled. Trajectory analyses show that these behaviors increase migration distances by 40% and decrease the degree of drift from seasonally optimal directions. These flight behaviors match the sophistication of those seen in migrant birds and help explain how high-flying insects migrate successfully between seasonal habitats.
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                Title: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
                Abbreviated Title: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
                Publisher: The Royal Society
                ISSN (Print): 0962-8452
                ISSN (Electronic): 1471-2954
                Publication date Created: March 23 2011
                Publication date (Print): October 27 2010
                Volume: 278
                Issue: 1710
                Pages: 1339-1346
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                DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2106
                SO-VID: 679637c7-4119-400c-bd81-cc0665249d21
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