White stork in flight (IMAGE)

University of Wyoming

White stork in flight

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A white stork flies in Germany, where researchers tracked the birds’ migrations and concluded that they incrementally straighten their migration routes to find more direct ways to move between destinations during the spring migration to summer breeding and nesting grounds.

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Christian Ziegler

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