That is what I call winging it.
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> From: "Mundkur, Taej" <>
> Date: 14 October 2013 5:18:55 AEDT
> To: "" <>
> Subject: [OB] Alpine Swifts stay aloft for 200 days
>
> Dear all,
>
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>
> A combined team of researchers from Bern University and the Swiss
> Ornithological Institute has found that alpine swifts are able to fly for up
> to 200 days at a time, without landing.
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> The team learned of the bird's unique abilities to fly for such long
> stretches by attaching tiny sensors to several migrating specimens. They have
> published the results of their findings in the journal Nature Communications
> on http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/131008/ncomms3554/full/ncomms3554.html
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> With best wishes, Taej
>
> Taej Mundkur, Ph.D.
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