Pigeons usually let best navigator take the lead

But other birds sometimes get a turn at the helm

View a video of the pigeons being tracked via GPS.

FOLLOW ME Pigeon flocks have leaders and followers, an analysis of data recorded by GPS devices in bird-borne backpacks reveals. Zsuzsa Ákos

Even the bird-brained can follow a leader. When pigeons fly in flocks, each bird falls behind another with better navigational skill, and the savviest among them leads the flock, scientists report in the April 8 Nature.