Wind blows young migrant birds to all corners of Africa
(WorldNews Netherlands)

24 May 2017 Migrant birds that breed in the same area in Europe spread out across all of Africa during the northern winter. A new satellite-tracking study shows that the destination of individual birds is largely determined by the wind conditions they encounter during their first migration. The results were made available open access in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Until now little was known about how birds learn to migrate. Many young migrant birds die on their way to Africa, due to starvation, exhaustion or predation, or because they fall victim to...