Homing Behavior: Decisions, Dominance and Democracy James L. Gould  Current Biology  Volume 16, Issue 21, Pages R920-R921 (November 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.09.051 Copyright © 2006 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Distributed processing on the wing: as reported by Biro et al.[3] in this issue, pigeons homing in pairs often pick a joint route that gets them both home faster — even if one bird actually has to fly farther than it would have on its own. (Photo courtesy of Dora Biro.) Current Biology 2006 16, R920-R921DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2006.09.051) Copyright © 2006 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions