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  • Purple martin migration behavior perplexes researchers

    Sep 30, 2019 2:15 pm by Tiffany Jolley | Prairie Research InstituteResearch
    Auriel Fournier, the director of the Forbes Biological Station at the Illinois Natural History Survey, studies the migratory behavior of purple martins.

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    • Auriel Fournier, the director of the Forbes Biological Station at the Illinois Natural History Survey, studies the migratory behavior of purple martins.

    Researchers recently discovered that purple martins are roosting in small forest patches as they migrate from North America to Brazil, an unexpected behavior.