MinuteEarth Explains: Birds

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This summer, we partnered with Nate Senner of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Tebughna School in Beluga, Alaska to make this series of videos all about how, why, and where birds migrate. We had so much fun making these videos that we decided to make them available for free to anyone and everyone who is curious about the secrets birds hold. Enjoy!

LEARN MORE
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To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
- Adaptation: a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.
- Bird Banding: the practice of catching birds, marking them with an identifying band around the leg, and then releasing them.
- Light Level Geolocator: a lightweight, electronic archival tracking device, usually used in bird migration research to map migration routes, identify important staging areas, and sometimes provide additional ecological information.
- Migration: seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.
- Physiology: the branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts.

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CREDITS
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Cameron Duke | Script Writing, Narration, and Directing
David Goldenberg | Script Writing and Directing
Lizah van der Aart | Illustration and Animation
Ever Salazar | Video Editing
Aldo de Vos | Music
Nathaniel Schroeder | Music

MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC

OUR STAFF
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Lizah van der Aart • Sarah Berman • Cameron Duke
Arcadi Garcia i Rius • David Goldenberg • Melissa Hayes
Alex Reich • Henry Reich • Peter Reich
Ever Salazar • Leonardo Souza • Kate Yoshida

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REFERENCES
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Both, Christiaan, and Marcel E. Visser. “Adjustment to Climate Change Is Constrained by Arrival Date in a Long-Distance Migrant Bird.” Nature, vol. 411, no. 6835, May 2001, pp. 296–298, 10.1038/35077063

Chernetsov, Nikita, et al. “Migratory Orientation of First-Year White Storks (Ciconia Ciconia): Inherited Information and Social Interactions.” Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 207, no. 6, 22 Feb. 2004, pp. 937–943, 10.1242/jeb.00853

Farnsworth, Andrew, et al. “A Comparison of Nocturnal Call Counts of Migrating Birds and Reflectivity Measurements on Doppler Radar.” Journal of Avian Biology, vol. 35, no. 4, July 2004, pp. 365–369, 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03180.x.

Greenwood, Jeremy J. D. “Citizens, Science and Bird Conservation.” Journal of Ornithology, vol. 148, no. S1, 10 Nov. 2007, pp. 77–124, 10.1007/s10336-007-0239-9

Orellana-Macías, José M., et al. “Shifts in Crane Migration Phenology Associated with Climate Change in Southwestern Europe.” Avian Conservation and Ecology, vol. 15, no. 1, 2020, 10.5751/ace-01565-150116

Urry, Lisa A, et al. Campbell Biology. 11th ed., New York, Ny, Pearson Education, Inc, 2017.

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The birds at 12:30 are surprisingly chill about being held

yuvalne

As an Alaskan, it’s super cool to see Alaskan birds and communities represented in a video from one of my favorite science education channels. Keep up the good work!

akpsyche

Here's a question I've always had. How do birds that stay year round in scandinavian countries, Russia, Canada, adjust to the drastic shift in daylight hours from almost none in winter, to almost the entire day in summer???

advaithpillai

Birds are my favourite dinosaurs. They are beautiful, smart, entertaining, social, cute and some sing quite wonderful songs.

Arsenic

Minute earth, I’ve watched your videos for years and I’m so happy and proud for how much your channel has grown.

phoebe_likes_everything

It was only when I learned about the avian circular respiratory system and pneumatized skeleton that I realized how remarkably different they are from mammals.

Kryonyde

I worked on a bird tracker a bit over 5 years ago and I can't believe we didn't know about tracking position through the light sensor. The gps was half the board and took nearly all the power. We even had the light data and lots more data points to improve accuracy as position was just 1 thing it tracked.
tldr students know more about bird tracking than pros in did 5 years ago XD

karrotsrkool

2 things came up after watching this video:
1. When birds migrate, what is the mortality rate? Like ships traveling across to the other side of the planet, not all make it to their destination. Birds have to navigate weather, man-made obstacles like planes/hunters, and I can't imagine the kind of stress physically a migration takes on a birds body. I just wonder how many don't finish the journey, and why.
2. I see birds darting in front of my car, even at 70 miles per hour. I would have liked to know more about their brains, reflexes, physiology, and reaction times. I wonder this because birds aren't like small animals or insects, that die to vehicles more often.
Bird's visual and reactive reflexes far surpass any drone A.I. or technology to keep them alive, and easily avoid things.

jer

Amazing and very informative video! I’m 19 and passionate about nature, but even I learned new stuff today!

crayonzii

Great video, I always love seeing you guys in my notification with your informational and entertaining! Kepp it up guys you're the best <3

schoologylibrarybot

Those kids must have worked hard! This was a great video! Thank you!

ventusleone

I have to say that I think it’s fantastic that you’ve had the idea to not only seek knowledge but drive to share that knowledge. I hope you all keep the love of knowledge and drive to make better the world you live in.

holemajora

2:35 I didn't know they have 2 sacks! Great vid MinuteEarth and great job to those kids.

snowyforest

There is nothing as inspiring as the lust for knowledge and wisdom that comes from the minds of children. They just want to know, and they ask the questions that so many of us are so used to that we forget to actually learn the answers for real.

Ask questions about your world the way a child would, and you'll learn something new every day

samwill