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October 29th 08, 12:05 PM
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Birds fly over 7000miles non-stop
On Oct 28, 1:31*pm, Andy wrote:
On Oct 26, 11:46*am, Mike the Strike wrote: in which period they don't set foot on land. But curious minds want to know if they alight on the water. They do. The detail is in http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specia...nter/alba.html Apparently they can make shallow dives under water, and, if they land on water, they can become trapped there - becalmed. See also How to Spy on an Albatross - tracking birds - http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...ch/ai_53939202 Breeding Season in Albatross Land http://www.topp.org/blog/breeding_season_albatross_land a lovely photo of an albatross http://www.pnas.org/content/105/12.cover-expansion and the article to which it refers - Evidence for olfactory search in wandering albatross http://www.pnas.org/content/105/12/4576 And a technical article with some amazing tracking maps - Interpolation of animal tracking data in a fluid environment http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/conten...cetype=H WFIG Dan Johnson 
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