Abstract
Observations from a network of radars on ships and on islands in the western North Atlantic Ocean and on the eastern coast of North America suggest that successful autumnal migrants moving between North and South America utilize simple compass orientation and do not require bicoordinate navigation. Successful migrants maintained a southeast heading from the North American coast to the Caribbean, Unsuccessful migrants became disoriented over the Atlantic. Visual observations suggest that successful migratory behavior is restricted to certain taxonomic groups of passerines.
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Williams, T.C., Williams, J.M. (1978). Orientation of Transatlantic Migrants. In: Schmidt-Koenig, K., Keeton, W.T. (eds) Animal Migration, Navigation, and Homing. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-11147-5_23
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