Photo from the Niagara Falls Gazette.

cross-posted from: https://literature.cafe/post/35735077

https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/21/travel/new-zealand-bird-of-the-year-2026-intl-scli

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Thatś a yellow-rumped warbler wearing a multisensor geolocator backpack

The tracker must be light enough to not weigh down a bird that weighs only as much as a spoonful of sugar, and it was used as part of this study:

Tiny backpacks reveal the secret, sometimes circuitous migrations of small songbirds

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/47942016

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