NOVA
Season 1, Episode 8: Bird Brain: The Mystery of Bird Navigation
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Birds migrate in search of perpetual summer, sometimes traveling as much as 20,000 miles every year. NOVA uses radar to track and identify migrating birds that travel at night, focusing on how they coose routes tat avoid bad weather and make the best of prevailing winds—information that can aid meteorologists.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
The Making Of A Natural History Film
Episode 2
Where Did the Colorado Go?
Episode 3
Whales, Dolphins, and Men
Episode 4
The Search For Life
Episode 5
Last of the Cuiva
Episode 6
Strange Sleep
Episode 7
The Crab Nebula
Episode 8
Bird Brain: The Mystery of Bird Navigation
Episode 9
Are You Doing This for Me, Doctor?
Episode 10
The First Signs Of Washoe
Episode 11
The Case of the Midwife Toad
Episode 12
Fusion: The Energy of Promise
Episode 13
The Mystery Of The Anasazi