Where did the starlings go? (IMAGE)

Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)

Where did the starlings go?

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To find out how migrating birds find their way, starlings were relocated from autumn stopovers along the Dutch North Sea coast to Switzerland (red, 1948–1957) and Spain (blue, 1959–1962).

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From: Revisiting Perdeck's massive avian migration experiments debunks alternative social interpretations, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0217

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