
A GPS system in the bird beak- would you like one for yourself?
A GPS system in the beaks of migratory birds—does it hold hope for directionally challenged people like me?

The Avian Book of Flight Records-I
While astounding, the feat of the bar-tailed godwit would elicit a disapproving ‘Bah’ from the Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea). A true-blue marathoner, this summer crazy bird migrates from its Arctic homeland to the Southern Ocean (Antarctic Ocean), a distance of nearly 35,000 kms (21,500 miles) (Tell me once again—what is your car’s annual mileage?)…