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Archive Home > 2009 > February > 13 > Little birds log big miles, astounding researchers

Little birds log big miles, astounding researchers

They cover upward of 300 miles a day, 3 times more than previously thought

By Thomas H. Maugh II / The Bulletin
February 13, 2009

Tiny songbirds such as martins and thrushes can travel as far as 311 miles per day in their annual migrations between the Americas, three times as far as researchers had previously believed, biologists found in the first study to track the birds to their wintering grounds and back.

The birds fly....

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