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Title: Migrating Shorebirds Slingshot Through Storms at Nearly 100 Miles an Hour Post by: Donna on 25-Aug-12, 09:02:36 AM Only to Face Shooting Gauntlet In Caribbean (Here we go again) :(
http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/120824a.html (http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/120824a.html) Using satellite transmitters attached to the birds, researchers tracked one Whimbrel – named Hope – through a large tropical storm in 2011. She took 27 hours averaging just 9 mph to fly non-stop through the storm to get to the center; then she flew at an average of almost 100 mph for 1.5 hours out the back end, using the power of the storm to “slingshot” her towards land. |