Birds that Hibernate in Lakes?!

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Birds that Hibernate in Lakes?!
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Herein we explain that birds do not hibernate in lakes, do not migrate to the moon, but DO go on very unique journeys, which we humans have learned about in a variety of ingenious manners.

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References

Preuss, N.O. 2001. Hans Christian Cornelius Mortensen: aspects of his life and of the history of bird ringing . Ardea 89(special issue) : 1-6 .
http://ardea.nou.nu/ardea_show_article.php?nr=107

First banded bird recovery in Africa:
http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/PDF/pub07_waterbirds_part3.4.12.pdf

Discoveries with satellite telemetry:
--bar-tailed Godwits fly non-stop over the Pacific, from Alaska to New Zealand, a 7000 mile journey at an average speed of over 35 miles per hour, in about 8 days
[http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/satellite-telemetry-and-its-impact-on-the-94842487]

Eagle migration tracking:
http://www.raptors-international.org/book/eagle_studies_1996/Meyburg_Scheller_1996_529-549.pdf

Arctic tern, longest migration:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100111-worlds-longest-migration-arctic-tern-bird/
http://www.pnas.org/content/107/5/2078.full?sid=871e276e-361a-447b-ba7f-4f3ff1a09c4c

Ancient Migration theory:
http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi2228.htm
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/migratio/ideas.htm

Bar-tailed godwits:
http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/satellite-telemetry-and-its-impact-on-the-94842487

Bird Migration: A General Survey By Peter Berthold
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=733gneStGUoC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=bird+migration+tracking&ots=rTFrftEf7T&sig=DcpDXWrwG6mia5LernW8Bc3ZgMs#v=onepage&q=bird%20migration%20tracking&f=false

Bald Eagle tracking: http://www.raptors-international.org/book/eagle_studies_1996/Meyburg_Scheller_1996_529-549.pdf
citation to original paper: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/5221497

Images
Bar-tailed Godwit
Photo by: Andreas Trepte www.photo-natur.de
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bar-tailed_Godwit.jpg

Birds Hibernating
http://blogs.northampton.ac.uk/mikeredwood/2013/10/28/swallows-hibernate-in-lakes-and-mud/

Artic Tern
Photo by: Malene Thyssen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Havterne.jpg

Geolocator
Photo by: Lyndon Kearsley & Theo Geuens
http://www.migratetech.co.uk/geolocators_8.html

Raisin
Photo by: Cary Bass
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Single_raisin.jpg
Video Added on : 18 Dec 2013 01:03 am
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