Purple martin migration behavior perplexes researchers

ScienceDaily
Sep 30, 2019, 10:45 am99 pts
Purple martins will soon migrate south for their usual wintertime retreat, but this time the birds will be wearing what look like little backpacks, so scientists can track their roosting sites along the way. The researchers recently discovered that purple martins are roosting in small forest patches as they…

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