Researchers at New Mexico Tech are taking taxidermy birds and adding technology to create a lifelike drone. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

Researchers at New Mexico Tech are taking taxidermy birds and adding technology to create a lifelike drone. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

Researchers at New Mexico Tech are taking taxidermy birds and adding technology to create a lifelike drone. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

Researchers at New Mexico Tech are taking taxidermy birds and adding technology to create a lifelike drone. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

The birds “can sustain soaring for long periods in a wide range of wind and thermal conditions,” and one bird being monitored even managed to fly for five hours without flapping its wings.

According to the Cornell Lab or Ornithology, there are four general wing shapes that allow birds to do specific things, such as gliding, soaring, hovering or flapping in the most effective ways.

Researchers at New Mexico Tech are taking taxidermy birds and adding technology to create a lifelike drone. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

Researchers at New Mexico Tech are taking taxidermy birds and adding technology to create a lifelike drone. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

Researchers at New Mexico Tech are taking taxidermy birds and adding technology to create a lifelike drone. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.