Birds can sense a coming storm and flee: study Birds appear to be able to sense a coming storm and fly away before it hits, according to research out Thursday on golden-winged warblers in the United States. These tiny, delicate birds weigh just nine grams, or about as much as a palmful of coins, and yet somehow they knew that a massive storm system -- including tornadoes and high winds -- was on its way one to two days in advance. They fled their breeding grounds in the mountains of eastern Tennessee just before the storm system swept through the central and southern United States in late April 2014. Read more.. newvision.co.ug/news/663029-birds-can-sense-a-coming-storm-and-flee-study.html
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:00:02 +0000