Please support MinuteEarth on Patreon!: https://goo.gl/ZVgLQZ And subscribe! http://goo.gl/EpIDGd Thanks to the following Subbable supporters, who help make MinuteEarth possible: Cherishport - http://www.facebook.com/cherishportmusic Maria Korchagin - https://plus.google.com/u/0/+MariaKorchagin Georgi Yanev Jonathan Smith - www.lovinnoon.com Herein we explain that birds do not hibernate in lakes, do not migrate to the moon, but DO go on very unique journeys, which we humans have learned about in a variety of ingenious manners. Created by Henry Reich Video Concept and Writing: Laurie Allmann Animation: Ever Salazar Production and Writing Team: Alex Reich, Peter Reich, Emily Elert Music: Nathaniel Schroeder: http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder MinuteEarth is available as a free iTunes podcast! - https://goo.gl/sfwS6n Facebook - http://facebook.com/minuteearth Twitter - http://twitter.com/MinuteEarth MinuteEarth provides an energetic and entertaining view of trends in earth's environment -- in just a few minutes! References Preuss, N.O. 2001. Hans Christian Cornelius Mortensen: aspects of his life and of the history of bird ringing . Ardea 89(special issue) : 1-6 . http://ardea.nou.nu/ardea_show_article.php?nr=107 First banded bird recovery in Africa: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/PDF/pub07_waterbirds_part3.4.12.pdf Discoveries with satellite telemetry: --bar-tailed Godwits fly non-stop over the Pacific, from Alaska to New Zealand, a 7000 mile journey at an average speed of over 35 miles per hour, in about 8 days [http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/satellite-telemetry-and-its-impact-on-the-94842487] Eagle migration tracking: http://www.raptors-international.org/book/eagle_studies_1996/Meyburg_Scheller_1996_529-549.pdf Arctic tern, longest migration: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100111-worlds-longest-migration-arctic-tern-bird/ http://www.pnas.org/content/107/5/2078.full?sid=871e276e-361a-447b-ba7f-4f3ff1a09c4c Ancient Migration theory: http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi2228.htm http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/migratio/ideas.htm Bar-tailed godwits: http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/satellite-telemetry-and-its-impact-on-the-94842487 Bird Migration: A General Survey By Peter Berthold http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=733gneStGUoC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=bird+migration+tracking&ots=rTFrftEf7T&sig=DcpDXWrwG6mia5LernW8Bc3ZgMs#v=onepage&q=bird%20migration%20tracking&f=false Bald Eagle tracking: http://www.raptors-international.org/book/eagle_studies_1996/Meyburg_Scheller_1996_529-549.pdf citation to original paper: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/5221497 Images Bar-tailed Godwit Photo by: Andreas Trepte www.photo-natur.de http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bar-tailed_Godwit.jpg Birds Hibernating http://blogs.northampton.ac.uk/mikeredwood/2013/10/28/swallows-hibernate-in-lakes-and-mud/ Artic Tern Photo by: Malene Thyssen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Havterne.jpg Geolocator Photo by: Lyndon Kearsley & Theo Geuens http://www.migratetech.co.uk/geolocators_8.html Raisin Photo by: Cary Bass https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Single_raisin.jpg