PhysOrg Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Homing pigeons are usually remarkably efficient navigators, however, on rare occasions, things go drastically wrong. So, when Jon Hagstrum of the US Geological Survey read in his local newspaper about two races when pigeons had been lost in 1998, he was reminded of a lecture by Bill Keeton that he had heard years before as an undergraduate at Cornell University. Read the full article on PhysOrg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScienceDaily Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Homing pigeons are remarkable navigators. Although they are able to find their loft from almost any location, they do get lost occasionally. The reason why had been a mystery until a scientist wondered if the birds use the loft's infrasound signature as a homing beacon to get their bearings. He discovered that the atmosphere misdirected the loft's infrasound signal on days when pigeons were lost, preventing them from finding the correct bearing home. Read the full article on ScienceDaily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Merkord Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Homing Pigeons, How Do They Work? New Theory Explains How Pigeons Find ... Geekosystem Hagstrum isn't an ornithologist, he's a geologist, but got interested in homing pigeons after seeing a lecture by biologist William Keeton from Cornell University. Keeton studies homing pigeons, and how their navigation is ... Her research supports the ... and more » View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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