Many species of birds undertake seasonal journeys of various lengths, a phenomenon known as Bird migration.

Study techniques

Bird migration has been studied by a variety of techniques of which ringing is the oldest. Color marking, use of radar, satellite tracking and stable hydrogen isotopes are some of the other techniques being used to study the migration of birds.

Migration conditioning

It has been possible to teach a new migration route to a flock of birds, for example in re-introduction schemes. After a trial with Canada Geese, microlites were used in the US to teach safe migration routes to reintroduced Whooping Cranes [1].

References

• Alerstam, T. (2001). Detours in bird migration. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 209, 319-331.
• Berthold, Peter (2001) Bird Migration: A General Survey. Second Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850787-9
• Weidensaul, Scott. Living On the Wind: Across the Hemisphere With Migratory Birds. Douglas & McIntyre, 1999.
• Dingle, Hugh. Migration: The Biology of Life on The Move. Oxford Univ. Press, 1996.

Links

• Migration counts and ringing records The Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain and France
• Canadian Migration Monitoring Network (Co-ordinates bird migration monitoring stations across Canada)
• Bird Research by Science Daily- includes several articles on bird migration
• The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Bird Program
• The Compasses of Birds - a review from the Science Creative Quarterly
• BBC Supergoose - satellite tagging of light-bellied brent geese

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Video: Bird migration at Falsterbo 2005

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