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All About Bird Wings and Flight Feathers

Whether they’re opening for takeoff, spreading wide for a lazy soar or flapping to brake for landing, bird wings make flying look almost effortless.
Forbes

Meet The Bird That Soars Higher Than Any Other. Hint: It Flies Higher Than Commercial Airplanes

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most bird species don’t fly above a few thousand feet in ...
Woodland Daily Democrat

Bird flight research advances drone technology and wild raptor care

An unassuming metal barn erected recently at the southern edge of the UC Davis campus houses some advanced video technology for a uniquely UC Davis project. Leveraging UC Davis’ historic strengths in ...
Yahoo

Millions of birds are taking flight over Michigan. How to track the fall migration

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The BirdCast Migration Dashboard, a live migration map provided by Cornell University's Lab of Ornithology, estimates the number ...
Forbes

Meet The ‘Transcontinental’ Bird That Can Fly For 80+ Hours Without Taking A Rest. Hint: It Spends Its Summers In Sweden

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Migratory birds are some of nature’s most efficient ...
ucdavis.edu

Hawk Study Shows Potential Lessons of Bird Flight

Graduate students Huanglun Zhu and Kiran Weston set up a 3D printed model of a hawk wing for testing in the UC Davis wind tunnel. Based on motion capture imaging at Oxford University, the wind tunnel ...
WOSU Public Media

What are bird strikes and should you be worried about them during your next flight?

Feathers and bird blood stains were found on both engines of the plane that tragically crashed in South Korea last month, killing 179 people and seriously injuring two survivors, according to the ...