Another route much used by water-birds extends from Nova Scotia to the Lesser Antilles and the northern coast of South America. It was the birds which were migrating along a portion of this route that guided Columbus to land.

How birds find their way. One of the puzzling problems of migration is how birds find their way during these long journeys. On June 7, 1911, a chimney swift fell through an opening in a chimney into a room of a house located in Meriden, New Hampshire. Mr. E. 11. Baynes was in the room and placed on the bird a small numbered leg-band and let the bird go.

About one year later, on June 15, 191, a chimney swift again fell through the same hole into the same room, and when 1ir. Baynes took up the bird he found it to be the same one he had banded the year before. This bird had traveled to Central America, spent the winter there, and then traveled back to the same town, and to exactly the same chimney it had occupied the previous year. How had it been able to find its way over this long route back to the same nesting-site?

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Migration of birds a spectacle for all to enjoy
One of the many amazing spectacles of nature has started: the fall migration of birds and butterflies.
Migratory birds herald start of autumn migration
The first marsh harriers have already been spotted in Malta, the island being used by the birds as a resting spot before continuing their migration across the Mediterranean to Africa.
Be kind to birds while saving $
It?s the fall migration season for our feathered friends, and NYC Audubon wants to cut down on the estimated 90,000 birds killed in the city each year when they fly into buildings.
Storks and birds of prey herald start of migration
Birdlife Malta has reported that over the last few days, a flock of 20 White Storks and the first migratory birds of prey have been seen by local birdwatchers, heralding the start of the autumn migration season. Europe?s birds have once again started to leave their breeding grounds ahead of the winter months, moving towards their African wintering [...]
Angry Birds App Eyes Hollywood Migration
A top-selling mobile phone game featuring birds being detonated to kill egg-stealing pigs could become a blockbuster movie if talks with Hollywood studios pay off.
Annual hawk migration draws birders to Cape May Point State Park and Pennsylv...
Not long after 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, when the air was still cool and the sun was just a glow on the horizon, Melissa Roach and Pete Dunne saw it through their binoculars, riding in low over the cedars: an American kestrel, also known as a sparrow hawk.
New York dims the lights to save birds from collision
A growing number of New York sky-scrapers switch off their lights at night to help reduce the number of migratory birds hitting the buildings.
Watching birds can be big business
Grabbing a pair of binoculars and bird watching is second nature to Lydia Thompson of St. Simons Island. Birding - actively listening to and watching birds - became her hobby as a child and inspires her art career today.
Storks and raptors herald start of migration
A White Stork. Migration coincides with the start of the autumn hunting season, which is open for five months from the 1 September to the 31 January for 32 species of wild migratory birds.
Science & Environment
A growing number of New York sky-scrapers are switching off their lights to help reduce the number of birds hitting the high-rise buildings. The "lights out" project - organised by NYC Audubon - runs until 1 November, when migratory birds are expected to have completed their autumn migrations.