[Va-bird] off-topic: Scient Amer article about V-formation flight

From: Stephen Johnson <stevejohnson2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: VA-Bird <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:01:32 -0500

Apologies because this is slightly off-topic for VA-Bird. This Scientific
American article describes recent research confirming that birds in a formation
do coordinate their flaps with the precision needed to take advantage of each
others' draft vorteces.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=migrating-birds-use-preci

Steve Johnson
Fairfax VA

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=migrating-birds-use-preci

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