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Secret forays.(young songbirds stay up late to learn geography)(Brief Article)
Publication: Natural History Publication Date: 01-OCT-05 Author: Atkinson, Nick W.
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Many migrating songbirds are on the wing in the middle of the night, a flight risk for birds not accustomed to the dark. So how does a bird develop its "stellar compass"--long suspected as the main navigational tool of long-distance migrators--if it normally sleeps at night? How, for that...
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