The ability of birds to navigate during migrations cannot be fully explained by endogenous programming, even with the help of responses to environmental cues. The ability to successfully perform long-distance migrations can probably only be fully explained with an accounting for the cognitive ability of the birds to recognize habitats and form mental maps. Satellite tracking of day migrating raptors such as ospreys and honey buzzards has shown that older individuals are better at making corrections for wind drift. COUNT 4
QSN1 What are older migrating birds better at? ANS1 making corrections for wind drift QSN2 How was the migrating of ospretys and honey buzzards tracked? ANS2 Satellite QSN3 What do the birds do to successfully perform long distance migration? ANS3 recognize habitats and form mental maps QSN4 What are examples of day migrating raptors? ANS4 ospreys and honey buzzards