Bar-headed geese rise and fall with the terrain below them when they migrate, scientists report in the Jan. 16 Science. This roller coaster flight pattern saves the birds energy, even though they ...

A tracking study has revealed the secrets of the world's highest bird migration - the Himalayan flight of the bar-headed goose. The geese have been recorded at heights of more than 7,000m (23,000ft).

Editor's note: An October 2012 study in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B found that bar-headed geese follow valleys through the mountains, which keeps them below 18,000 feet nearly all of ...

Bishop at the University of Bangor in Bangor, UK , and colleagues was titled, 'The roller coaster flight strategy of bar-headed geese conserves energy during Himalayan migrations.' ...

“As these bar-headed geese follow the Central Asian Flyway ... Unlike Vayu, Gagan took a lower-altitude migration route, maintaining a steady northward movement without climbing extreme heights ...

City birder Faizan Hussain, who spotted about 500 of these beautiful bar-headed geese, said that they had ... an ideal destination during their long migration,” Faizan said.

They have diligently used the Block Counting Method (Block of Flocks) to count the Bar Headed Geese which have a slightly larger wing area to aid their yearly, long migration of thousands of ...

The lush green farm fields and large water body makes Magadi Lake a perfect destination for bar-headed geese migration. These birds fly all the way from Mongolia, China and other Himalayan regions ...

A tracking study has revealed the secrets of the world's highest bird migration - the Himalayan flight of the bar-headed goose. The geese have been recorded at heights of more than 7,000m (23,000ft).