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Sun Navigation in Birds?

Nature volume 190, pages 1025–1026 (1961)Cite this article

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C. J. PENNYCUICK1 has advanced a new hypothesis of Sun navigation in birds. The bird is supposed to measure the Sun's altitude and the rate of change of altitude and to compare these quantities with the respective memorized conditions at home.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

    KLAUS SCHMIDT-KOENIG

  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

    KLAUS SCHMIDT-KOENIG

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SCHMIDT-KOENIG, K. Sun Navigation in Birds?. Nature 190, 1025–1026 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1901025b0

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