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  2. Bird migration - Wikipedia

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    Nocturnal migration can be monitored using weather radar data, [40] allowing ornithologists to estimate the number of birds migrating on a given night, and the direction of the migration. [41] Future research includes the automatic detection and identification of nocturnally calling migrant birds.

  3. Coot - Wikipedia

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    Coot species that migrate do so at night. The American coot has been observed rarely in Britain and Ireland, while the Eurasian coot is found across Asia, Australia and parts of Africa. In southern Louisiana, the coot is referred to by the French name "poule d'eau", which translates into English as "water hen".

  4. Migratory birds are moving through New Mexico. Here's what ...

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    "80% of our migratory birds here in North America are actually migrating at night," he said. "A large impact that humans actually have on birds during migration is with the light that we produce ...

  5. American woodcock - Wikipedia

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    Woodcocks migrate at night. They fly at low altitudes, individually or in small, loose flocks. Flight speeds of migrating birds have been clocked at 16 to 28 mi/h (26 to 45 km/h). However, the slowest flight speed ever recorded for a bird, 5 mi/h (8 km/h), was recorded for this species. [15]

  6. Climate change leaves some migrating birds 'out of sync' and ...

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    Warmer springs bring changes in bird migration. Spring’s arrival has always shown variation. It may be early. It may be late. But researchers say the data studied over several decades shows ...

  7. Night flyers: Estimated 40 million migrating birds have ... - AOL

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    Total migrating birds: 40 million Most in flight at one time: 228,000 at 2:10 a.m. on May 2 Most in one night: 1.92 million from 8:10 p.m. May 1 to 6:30 a.m. May 2

  8. Bird migration perils - Wikipedia

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    Mortality on wintering grounds: Unreasonably cold temperatures on the wintering grounds kills thousands of birds, resulting in 30-90% population declines of migratory birds. For example, between 27000 and 62000 ducks, mostly tufted duck and common pochard , starved to death during a very cold winter in March 1986.

  9. Common starling - Wikipedia

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    Common starling on migration can fly at 60–80 km/h (37–50 mph) and cover up to 1,000–1,500 km (620–930 mi). ... and is the only parent to do so at night when ...