How do birds know which direction to fly?

Subject: How do birds know which direction to fly?

Date: Wed Jan 5 07:44:08 2000
Posted by Elizabeth
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Area of science: Zoology
ID: 947079848.Zo

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We always see flocks of birds flying together and in the same direction.I 
wondering how the birds can communicate in such a way that they will all 
fly in the same direction and turn to their left or right at the same 
instance.

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