Using weather radar to track Australia’s migrating birds

28 Oct 2024
Birds
The silvereye is a partial migrant, with some individuals migrating while others stay in place. Credit: Ah Xin

For the first time, scientists have used data from weather radar not to track storms, but to count birds as they travel across Australian skies.

The study, led by University of Queensland PhD candidate Xu Shi, used 16 years of radar weather data from the Bureau of Meteorology to monitor bird migration patterns from Tasmania to northern Queensland.

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