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Ways pigeons might home

Posted on 16 April 2019 by Richard Nissen

Here is a fascinating YouTube video discussing different ways a pigeon might home. The people shown here are our heroes, who are really important people in the animal navigation world and especially in Pigeon navigation. You will find Tim Guildford … Continue reading →

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Mathematical analysis of the homing flights of pigeons based on GPS tracks

Posted on 6 December 2016 by Richard Nissen

Ingo Schiffner At the RIN 11 Animal Navigation Conference Ingo Schiffner, presented a paper: Mathematical Analysis of Pigeon Tracks, characterisation of the underlying Navigational Process and now he has produced another paper covering Mathematical analysis of the homing fights of pigeons … Continue reading →

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Another description of how animal navigation might work

Posted on 23 December 2014 by Richard Nissen

In a recent address to RIN Dr Kate Jeffery of the Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience at University College London described a very complete structure for understanding animal navigation. See http://animalnav.org/navigation-networks-in-the-brain/ We at www.animalnav.org have been struggling with exactly these concerns. … Continue reading →

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The hippocampus of rats

Posted on 11 September 2014 by Richard Nissen

Prof Kate Jeffery has done some very interesting work on how the hippocampus of rats processes navigational information. Scientists are clear that the hippocampus is critical for navigation but believe that it is only one part of a larger system … Continue reading →

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Solar Activity Effects on Pigeons

Posted on 5 March 2014 by Richard Nissen

How do pigeons navigate? Racing homing pigeons navigate incredible distances with apparent ease. A champion racing pigeon can be released 400 miles from its home loft, in a place it has never been before, and return within 1 day. The last … Continue reading →

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Interesting link from a pigeon fancier on how pigeon’s navigate

Posted on 5 March 2014 by Richard Nissen

Intro>>> Here is a very interesting article that talks about all the issues of racing pigeons.  He stresses three very important points. First that in his opinion pigeons navigate very badly if on release the sun is not shining.  He … Continue reading →

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Does the geomagnetic field intensity affect the flight path of homing pigeons?

Posted on 2 November 2011 by Richard Nissen

Analysis of GPS recorded tracks of intact trigeminal sectioned pigeons. Conditioning studies have shown that the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve is functionally involved in the perception of the geomagnetic field intensity. However, homing experiments conducted in the field … Continue reading →

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