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Seabirds may find food at sea by flying in a massive, kilometers-wide arc

Radar shows that groups of birds can form a giant, coordinated line over the ocean’s surface

Black noddies (Anous minutus) are one of the bird species thought to be involved in constructing “rake” formations over the ocean surface.

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By Jake Buehler

- More than 2 years ago

Food is scattered thinly in the open ocean, and seabirds often need to search far and wide to find sustenance.