Robo-Birding – Doppler Radar and Migratory Birds
Posted on Friday, April 16th, 2010 in Nature
For ages people debated the origins and movements of migratory birds. Bird migrations and movements were recognized as long as 3000 years ago by Homer, Aristotle, and others. Aristotle believed that many birds hibernated, a misconception that continued into the 1800s. Ornithologists debated whether or not birds were capable of flight across the Gulf of … Continued