The Veerie songbird's nesting behavior often accurately predicts the intensity of a hurricane season months ahead of time.
Feathered forecasters might be better than people at predicting the hurricane season. Their nesting behavior often accurately predicts the intensity of a hurricane season months ahead of timeI received a message this summer from my colleague Bree Driscoll, who is a national anchor for Spectrum News NY1.
At first, I scoffed, thinking that it was impossible, but one night, I found myself with nothing to watch, so I checked out the episode and was amazed. At first, researchers couldn’t find a relationship between the time that nesting ended and any environmental factors. They were stumped. The tiny birds typically make their migration back to Brazil from the east coast during the early autumn, which is the peak season for tropical activity. By ending the nesting early, the birds could begin their nearly 4,000 mile trip to their winter homes in South America sooner. This would allow them to wait out large storms, or alter their path around storms, and still arrive on time in Brazil.As for how the birds know what the weather will be months ahead of time? That is still a mystery.
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