Many birds migrate to fly thousands of miles per year . They were flying over land, sea, and it turned out, they were able to fly through the storm.
Bryan Watts , director of the Center for Conservation and Biology , College of William and Mary , Virginia , United States attach satellite transmitters to Whimbrel birds to monitor their movements during the last 3 years .
" These birds breed in the area near the North Pole . Though they are foraging in the northern region of South America, around Venezuela , near the Amazon , " said Watts .
That is , Watts said , they fly long distances and perform incredible flight . " Birds are tracked even flew 3,500 miles (about 5,600 kilometers ) nonstop from Alaska to Virginia , " he said .
" He was moving at a speed of 55 to 65 kilometers per hour for 5 full days , " said Watts .
Watts says , so far , observers want to know what happens if a bird amid a storm blocked . For that , they put a tracker on a larger bird , the bird Hope . Birds were fitted with tracking fly from Nova Scotia and met with tropical storm Gert .
" When the storm passed by Gert , for 27 hours , they flew down to the speed of 14 kilometers per hour as challenging wind direction , " said Watts .
" Having successfully weathered the storm , cruising speed to 145 kilometers per hour because it got a boost from the wind storm," he said .
Watts said investigators have yet to find what makes them able to fly uncannily like that. To be sure , when they arrive at their place looking for food , they only weighs 350 to 400 grams . But during the next 3 weeks , the weight they gained 50 percent .
" When they return home , they are like a ball of fat that stores energy in an amount sufficient to make long-haul flights , " said Watts .
" It appears that these factors that allow them to cope with the strong winds that long, " he said .
Watts said the one thing they learned after installing a satellite transmitter on this bird is , despite wading birds such far distances , but they rely on one small area at a specific area .
" If we damage the ecology of the region , then it will give a huge impact to bird populations that utilize these areas to breed , " he said .
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