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SUBMITTER: Duriez O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6303520 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Duriez Olivier O Peron Guillaume G Gremillet David D Sforzi Andrea A Monti Flavio F
Biology letters 20181201 12
Most large raptors on migration avoid crossing the sea because of the lack of atmospheric convection over temperate seas. The osprey Pandion haliaetus is an exception among raptors, since it can fly over several hundred kilometres of open water. We equipped five juvenile ospreys with GPS-Accelerometer-Magnetometer loggers. All birds were able to find and use thermal uplift while crossing the Mediterranean Sea, on average 7.5 times per 100 km, and could reach altitudes of 900 m above the sea surf ...[more]