The migration behavior of starlings appears to be hereditary and not learned
To find out how migratory birds find their way, sparrows were translocated from autumn stopovers along the Dutch North Sea coast to Switzerland (red, 1948–1957) and Spain (blue, 1959–1962). Source: Biology Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0217 Young, naive starlings search for their wintering areas independently of experienced conspecifics. Starlings are very social birds all year round, … Read more