Nonstop Flight: How The Frigatebird Can Soar For Weeks Without Stopping : The Two-Way : NPR
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Scientists have been attaching transmitters on the huge seagoing birds and are astonished by their ability to stay aloft.
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Frigatebird Facts, Birds of the Galapagos
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Frigatebirds sleep in mid-flight, Science
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BirdsCaribbean News – Page 4 – BirdsCaribbean
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Nonstop Flight: How The Frigatebird Can Soar For Weeks Without
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ELI5: How do birds that dive from the air into the water to catch fish manage to get back up into the air? Wouldn't the water soaking their feathers weigh them down?
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First evidence of a 200-day non-stop flight in a bird
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To Avoid Bird Strikes, Just Tell The Birds To Move : NPR
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Why Frigatebirds Can't Float
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Take Note: Pennsylvania Native, Nature Writer On 'The Global
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Why Frigatebirds Can't Float
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What's one bird that despite how common and widespread it may be
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Night Flight: Tracking Data Reveal When and Why Songbirds Begin
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These Masters of the Sky Can Fly for Hours (or Days) While Barely