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First published online February 6, 2004
Journal of Experimental Biology 207, 937-943 (2004)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2004
doi: 10.1242/jeb.00853

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Migratory orientation of first-year white storks (Ciconia ciconia): inherited information and social interactions

Nikita Chernetsov^1,*, Peter Berthold² and Ulrich Querner²

¹ Biological Station Rybachy, Rybachy 238535, Kaliningrad Region, Russia
² Max Planck Research Centre for Ornithology, Radolfzell 78315, Germany

View larger version (51K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Map showing the movements of three storks equipped with transmitters in nests in 2000.

View larger version (45K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Map showing the movements of storks released in the Kaliningrad Region in September 2000 and September 2001. Bird # 14554 is the one that crossed the Mediterranean.

View larger version (48K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3. Map showing the movements of storks released in the Kaliningrad Region in September 2002. Bird # 36169 is the one that sharply changed migratory direction in central Germany.

View larger version (45K): [in a new window]   Fig. 4. Map showing the movements of the displaced storks: western site–released in the Samara Region in 2001; eastern site–released in the Omsk Region in 2002.