Knowledge (XXG)

Drift migration

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Drift is assisted by disorientating conditions such as mist or drizzle, and can result in large numbers of birds arriving together in an area in which they are not normally seen. In the UK this is called a fall, while in the U.S. it is known as a fallout, though in the latter case, it need not
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are blown off course by the winds while they are in flight. It is more likely to happen to birds heading south in autumn because the large numbers of inexperienced young birds are less able to compensate than the adults heading north in spring.
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Kasper Thorup; Thomas Alerstam; Mikael Hake; Nils Kjellén (2003).
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An example would be an east wind in September blowing
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Index

migrating
birds
Scandinavian
bluethroats
wrynecks
robin
England
Scotland
Spurn
Reverse migration (birds)
"Bird orientation: compensation for wind drift in migrating raptors is age dependent"
doi
10.1098/rsbl.2003.0014
PMC
1698035
PMID
12952622
Category
Bird migration

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