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Storks Choose Dumpsters over Migration

March 18, 2016 By Clayton Meason

"Storks Choose Dumpsters over Migration"

Storks have been seen nesting around 5 landfills from Portugal.

BEACON TRANSCRIPT – Who can blame someone for wanting to eat some junk food once in a while? It may not be the best source of nutrients, but it keeps your spirits up. The same thing goes for birds. Recently a team of scientists from the University of East Anglia has discovered that storks prefer to stay in for the winter in order to feast on the delicious dumpsters.

As we know, there are certain species of birds called migratory birds, which choose to take a hike at the beginning of winter in order to secure their food.

Storks can be counted among migratory birds. With their stick-like legs and pointy beak, these feathered creatures, traditionally associated with birth and fertility, have the habit of ditching their nests at the beginning of winter, in order to migrate to warmer lands, more specifically to Africa.

Now, everyone knows that at the turn of winter, the amusing birds began their perilous journeys towards the warmer fields of Africa. But it would seem that the laws of Mother Nature are not immovable.

A team of researchers from the University of East Anglia have discovered that many storks nesting in Europe have decided that the annual trip to Africa is too much of a nuisance. Furthermore, these seemingly rebellious birds have ditched the old ways in order to feast on the garbage pits.

The team of scientists have tracked a group of 48 storks between 2012 and 2014 in order to see how their habits changed. The funny-looking birds were caught, sedated and outfitted with a tracking device which features a GPS and an accelerometer.

This way, the team could pinpoint the exact location of birds and to make other determination. During the experiment, the scientists have discovered that when the right time comes, the storks from Europe prefer to remain in Portugal for the winter, rather than making the journey to Africa.

It’s quite natural for birds to perform a quick pit stop, considering the fact that Portugal is a mid-way point between Europe and Africa, but the birds seemed to have formed of habit of staying instead of going.

Moreover, over the years, the researchers have determined that the storks have developed a habit of constructing their nest around dumpsters and landfills. Tracking the stork activity around five different landfills, the researchers have discovered that the birds were there to stay.

And it’s only natural, come to think of it because the whole point of the African migration is to secure food sources. Why should a bird leave after it stumbled about a bounty of delicious goodies?

Although the approach isn’t entirely new, this is the first one to prove that storks are actually erecting nests around dumpsters and landfills.

Photo credits:pixabay

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: dumpsters, migration, nests, pollution, storks, trash

A fresh Insight into the Beluga’s Foraging Patterns

February 14, 2016 By Helen Bradford

"A fresh Insight into the Beluga’s Foraging Patterns "

A Beluga whale can dive at depths between 650 and 1000 feet in order to scavange for food.

BEACON TRANSCRIPT – Although the water around the Arctic reasons are not renowned for their kindness towards wildlife and man, it would seem that these gentle giants of the sea manage to find their way around. A new study performed by the University of Washington provides a fresh insight into the Beluga’s foraging patterns.

Anyone who’s ever visited an aquarium known about the beluga whale. Gentle giant they are and always with a smile pinned on their faces. In some aspects, the beluga whales resemble dolphins, especially when it comes to wits.

But apart from their looks and charms, beluga whales are also renowned for their ability to live and hunt in the most inhospitable region of the planet, more specifically the Arctic Circle. Unfortunately, up until now, the scientists knew little about the whale’s foraging and migration habits.

However, due to improved tagging tech, the researchers are now able to follow these gentle giants on the sea more closely. Note that the weather conditions in the Artic make almost impossible any tracking endeavor.

Overcoming this obstacle via high-tech tagging and tracking gadgets, the team of scientists from the University of Washington managed to gain a fresh insight into the Beluga’s foraging pattern. In order to determine these patterns, the team of marine researchers had to consult all the readings received from the tracking devices for the past 15 years. Approximately 30 whales were tracked for the duration of this study.

According to the scientists in charge of the project, there are two different families of Beluga whales. The marine researchers have observed that during the winter, the two families of Beluga whales prefer to remain in the Bering Sea. As summer approaches, and the snow in the arctic regions begins to fade away, the two families of Beluga whales begin their migration to the north. Most of them would spread out equally in the Chukchi and the Beaufort seas.

It took the scientists a while to figure out why the gentle giants fancy these frozen pockets of water. According to their observations, the whales gather around these pockets of water because there are littered with wild Arctic cod.

Moreover, the data gathered via the tags showed that the whales often resort to diving in deep waters in order to search for their food. The data revealed that a Beluga whale will dive at a depth between 650 and 1000 feet in order to search for the mouth-watering cod. They’ve also noted that the whale is capable of changing its diving depth depending on the ocean’s floor topography.

For now, researchers have focused their attention towards the effects of climate shift on the Arctic fauna.

Photo credits:www.wikipedia.org

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: Arctic Circle, Beluga whales, dolphins, feeding times for Belugas, foraging patters, mammals, migration, tagged whales, University of Washington

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