Celestial Orientation in Birds

Zolotareva, A. D.; Chernetsov, Nikita

doi:10.1134/s1062359021090259

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“…Data on animal migrations are not just a description of the pathways of birds and mammals, but unique information about their interaction with the environment [26,27]. Thus, the hardware provided by the URAGAN experiment makes it possible not only to monitor the moving animals of interest, but also to try to find out the reasons for changing the routes of their migrations and wintering sites.…”

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Animal Migration Studies with the Use of ICARUS Scientific Equipment in the URAGAN Space Experiment aboard the Russian Segment of the ISS

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The major challenges of space research are monitoring and exploration of our planet, which are carried out through the use of remote sensing satellites (RSS) operating in near-Earth orbits. They provide invaluable information for assessing the environmental, epidemiological and other situations on our planet, including animal migration data. The ICARUS project (International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space) implemented on the International Space Station (ISS) is an ideal laboratory for in-orbit testing of instrumentation and various space technologies aimed to refine methods for tracking movements of mammals and birds. The paper analyzes the experience in the operation of the animal migration monitoring system installed in the Russian segment (RS) of the ISS (ISS RS). The system has incorporated the latest accomplishments in space science, satellite navigation, control technology, and microelectronics. The scientific results on the study of animal and bird migrations obtained within the Russian research program are briefly discussed.

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Animal Migration Studies with the Use of ICARUS Scientific Equipment in the URAGAN Space Experiment aboard the Russian Segment of the ISS

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“…It may be that polarised light plays an important part in avian navigation through the sun compass as may the celestial compass [ 38 ] or sensing of the earth’s magnetic field in night-migrating birds [ 39 ]. Indeed one may calibrate the other [ 40 ].…”

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“…Indeed it seems that non-visual clues may be more important that ophthalmic ones in longdistance homing, although pigeons rendered anosmic certainly recall visual landmarks in homing [37]. POLARISED LIGHT AND MAGNETIC FIELDS It may that polarised light plays an important part in avian navigation through the sun as may the celestial compass [38] or sensing of the earth's magnetic field in night-migrating birds [39]. Indeed one may calibrate the other [40].…”

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Eagle eyed or bird brained?

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2023

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The importance of the visual system to birds for behaviours from feeding, mate choice, flying, navigation and determination of seasons, together with the presence of photoreceptors in the retina, the pineal and the brain, render the avian visual system a particularly fruitful model for understanding of eye-brain interactions. In this review we will particularly focus on the pigeon, since here we have a brain stereotactically mapped and a genome fully sequenced, together with a particular bird, the homing pigeon, with remarkable ability to navigate over hundreds of miles and return to exactly the same roosting site with exceptional precision. We might denigrate the avian species by the term bird brained, but here are animals with phenomenal abilities to use their exceptional vision, their eagle eyedness, to best advantage.

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Celestial Orientation in Birds

Cited by 2 publications

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Animal Migration Studies with the Use of ICARUS Scientific Equipment in the URAGAN Space Experiment aboard the Russian Segment of the ISS

Animal Migration Studies with the Use of ICARUS Scientific Equipment in the URAGAN Space Experiment aboard the Russian Segment of the ISS

Eagle eyed or bird brained?

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