Spotlight: Just fast enough
21 May 2024
by Deborah Buehler originally published in Wader Study 131(1) Flying takes energy—a lot of it. The airlines are certainly making this argument, as evidenced by the price of plane tickets these days. Humans can’t fly without substantial technical assistance, yet birds fly all the time. Shorebirds, for example, fly when migrating to and from breeding grounds, when moving between feeding areas, and when displaying to attract mates during the breeding season. Given that flight is costly, it
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