Figure 2
From: Smell of green leaf volatiles attracts white storks to freshly cut meadows
An aerial view of the observed small-scale farming landscape around Lake Constance, Southern Germany and a detailed example of a stork approach to farming activity. (A) About 1 h after a farmer had starting mowing activities (in the foreground), the aerial information at a windspeed of 4 km/h reached the Stork ‘Zozu’ in the 4 km distant village of Böhringen. Using powered flapping flight, the stork flew against the wind at the time the leaf volatiles were expected to reach it, travelling at very low altitude towards the freshly farmed field. (B) Altitude profile and GPS track of the stork flight. Photo by Martin Wikelski, MPIAB.
