• @adam_y
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    561 month ago

    Really enjoy the lengths birds will go to just to avoid the UK.

  • @Gingerlegs
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    221 month ago

    Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

  • Flying Squid
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    151 month ago

    I’m annoyed that the greater white-fronted goose is in red, the white stork is in yellow and the lesser black-backed gull is in white.

  • @[email protected]
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    1 month ago

    This gives me the perfect chance to share a fun trivia fact! One of the best ways to link migration patterns were arrows carried by the birds from one area to another. As always, there’s a word for it in German - arrow stork. Even better is that the original specimen is one posted on this map; the white stork!

    • @tamal3
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      It was a fun fact until I clicked the link and realized that “arrows carried by the birds” are in fact arrows the birds have been shot with. Interesting history, thanks!

  • @someguy3
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    41 month ago

    What is in northern Germany?

  • lime!
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    31 month ago

    nothing for mallards or cranes? weird selection.

    • @IMongoose
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      41 month ago

      Also just listing raptors is basically worthless. There are about 40 species of raptors in europe, I guarantee they don’t all follow that path. They should have done golden eagles, those are studied pretty well for migration.

  • @angrystego
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    21 month ago

    Now I wonder whether some of the different species that share the same route ever migrate together.

    • BigFig
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      21 month ago

      Short answer Yes. Long answer Yeeeeeeessss

      • @angrystego
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        21 month ago

        I’m pretty sure the latter was the middle-length answer. You can do better!

  • CreatingMachines
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    11 month ago

    what do you mean raptors why are there raptors

    ::: spoiler /s I’m guessing there is a bird called a raptor? :::

    • lime!
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      41 month ago

      raptors are a group name for all avian predators

      • @angrystego
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        51 month ago

        Well, not all, just those that are directly related.

  • @[email protected]
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    I wonder how these change as the climate changes. The Sahara wasn’t always desert, and might not be for long going into the future. Probably somebody’s modeled it, I should look it up.