Basic questions about the life histories of migratory birds have confounded scientists for
generations, yet we are nearing an era of historic discovery as new tracking technologies …

Birds are capable of true navigation, the ability to return to a known goal from a place they
have never visited before. This is demonstrated most spectacularly during the vast migratory …

Contemporary tracking studies reveal that low migratory connectivity between breeding and
non-breeding ranges is common in migrant landbirds. It is unclear, however, how internal …

Juvenile songbirds on spring migration travel from tropical wintering sites to temperate
breeding destinations thousands of kilometres away with no prior experience to guide them …

Avian migrants often make substantial detours between their seasonal destinations. It is
likely some species do this to make the most of predictable wind regimes along their …

Internal factors such as experience (eg age) and motivation for breeding, and external ones
such as environmental conditions (eg meteorology and landscape characteristics) can …

We describe a method and device (< 1.2 g) for recording, processing and storing data about
activity and location of individuals of free‐living songbirds throughout the annual cycle …

Being an obligate parasite, juvenile common cuckoos Cuculus canorus are thought to reach
their African wintering grounds from Palearctic breeding grounds without guidance from …

The ontogeny of migration routines used by wild birds remains unresolved. Here we
investigated the migratory orientation of juvenile lesser spotted eagles (LSE; Clanga …

The advancing development of tracking techniques has led to fascinating new insights into
avian migration, documenting the immense diversity, complexity, and flexibility of this …