Young satellite-tracked cuckoos responded to displacement during migration similar to adults - they flew toward their normal migration route. Apparent navigation was highly unexpected in first-time migrants #Ornithology nature.com/articles/s4159…

Second up is Kasper Thorup. Kasper's work on ICARUS, using ISS Research to track animal movements, was groundbreaking. As head of the Danish Ringing Scheme, he has made a significant contribution to birding in Denmark and Europe.
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Resource tracking within and across continents in long-distance migrant birds bit.ly/2hTYTDQ #OA Kasper Thorup Science Advances

Two superb Photo of the Week winners over Christmas; here's the first - Roy Rimmer's Robin!
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NEW Migrant birds track seasonal resources on a continental scale across the annual cycle advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/1/e1…

Yesterday it was slugs eating chicks, today it's bats eating birds! bit.ly/2bAlnaS via Ben Sheldon

SKYBOMB BOLT is on the move again! Now in Hubei Province heading southwest. #BeijingCuckoos birdingbeijing.com/skybomb-bolt/

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Accepted: A reliable technique to quantify the individual variability of iridescence in birds #ornithology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ja…