TAKOMA PARK, Md. (AP) — A plump robin wearing a tiny metal backpack with an antenna hops around a suburban yard in Takoma Park, then plucks a cicada from the
The new antenna and receptors on the satellite, along with smaller tracking chips and batteries, let scientists remotely monitor songbird movements in greater detail than ever.
Researchers like avian ecologist and Georgetown University Ph.D. student Emily Williams are using scientific innovations to unravel why some American robins migrate long distances, but others do not.