Orientation of vagrant birds on the Faroe Islands in the Atlantic Ocean

Kasper Thorup; Troels Eske Ortvad; Richard A. Holland; Jørgen Rabøl; Mikkel Willemoes; Martin Wikelski

doi:10.1007/s10336-012-0883-6

Orientation of vagrant birds on the Faroe Islands in the Atlantic Ocean

Kasper Thorup, Troels Eske Ortvad, Richard A. Holland, Jørgen Rabøl, Mikkel Willemoes, Martin Wikelski

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Abstract

Migratory birds are frequently found far outside their normal range but the phenomenon is poorly understood. We used radio telemetry to track individual migratory flights of several species of songbirds on the Faroe Islands, far west of their normal migration route. Birds with expected easterly and south-easterly migration direction departed westwards out over the Atlantic Ocean, indicating that these birds are actively flying in the "wrong" direction and that their occurrence is not caused by wind drift. This is in contrast to the apparently normal south-westerly to easterly departure directions in birds expected to migrate south or southwest.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Ornithology
Volume	153
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	1261-1265
Number of pages	5
ISSN	0021-8375
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-012-0883-6
Publication status	Published - Oct 2012

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Orientation of vagrant birds on the Faroe Islands in the Atlantic Ocean

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