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Travel routes of migratory birds

c/map_enthusiasts · u/EfreetSK@lemmy.world · 329 points

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Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15VYMsoiny/


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u/Spezi@feddit.org · 5 points

The „Wattenmeer“. During the low tide, there are huge areas with easy to reach food and plenty of areas for birds to rest in with few natural predators.

u/IMongoose@lemmy.world · 4 points

Also just listing raptors is basically worthless. There are about 40 species of raptors in europe, I guarantee they don't all follow that path. They should have done golden eagles, those are studied pretty well for migration.

u/BenReilly97@lemmy.world · 8 points

It's not a question of where it **grips it**, it's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut!

u/tamal3@lemmy.world · 4 points

It was a fun fact until I clicked the link and realized that "arrows carried by the birds" are in fact arrows the birds have been shot with. Interesting history, thanks!

u/Hubi@feddit.org · 8 points

They didn't have a choice, their entry visas have been denied.

u/FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 15 points

I'm annoyed that the greater white-fronted goose is in red, the white stork is in yellow and the lesser black-backed gull is in white.

u/PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works · 9 points

This gives me the perfect chance to share a fun trivia fact! One of the best ways to link migration patterns were arrows carried by the birds from one area to another. As always, there’s a word for it in German - arrow stork. Even better is that the original specimen is one posted on this map; the white stork!

u/angrystego@lemmy.world · 2 points

Now I wonder whether some of the different species that share the same route ever migrate together.

u/CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 points

I wonder how these change as the climate changes. The Sahara wasn't always desert, and might not be for long going into the future. Probably somebody's modeled it, I should look it up.

u/CreatingMachines@fedia.io · 1 points

what do you mean raptors

why are there raptors

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I'm guessing there is a bird called a raptor?

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