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  • Ornithology
  • Animal Behavior
  • Ecology

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  • Migration is a key survival strategy for many bird species, with obligate migrants following regular cycles.
  • Obligate migrants typically adjust migration timing or direction due to weather but large-scale facultative movements are undocumented.
  • Understanding animal responses to extreme weather events is crucial, especially with climate change.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To document if obligate long-distance migrant birds undertake facultative migrations in response to extreme weather.
  • To investigate the behavioral and movement responses of golden-winged warblers to severe tornadic storms.
  • To identify potential cues triggering such facultative migrations.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing light-level geolocators to track the movements of breeding golden-winged warblers (Vermivora chrysoptera).
  • Analyzing bird movements in relation to the timing and location of severe tornadic storms.
  • Correlating observed movements with meteorological data and potential sensory cues like infrasound.

Main Results:

  • Golden-winged warblers performed a facultative migration, moving over 1,500 km over 5 days to circumvent a severe tornadic storm.
  • Birds evacuated breeding territories more than 24 hours before the storm's arrival.
  • Infrasound, a sound below human hearing, is proposed as the likely cue detected by birds from over 1,000 km away.

Conclusions:

  • This study provides the first evidence of obligate long-distance migrant birds undertaking facultative migrations.
  • Infrasound from severe storms may act as a proximate cue influencing bird behavior and large-scale movements.
  • Future research must address animal responses to increasing extreme weather events driven by climate change.