What is the difference between soaring and gliding in birds?

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May10-09, 10:20 PM	#1
violetvera violetvera is Offline: Posts: 1	What is the difference between soaring and gliding in birds? What is the difference between soaring and gliding in birds? Are they the same thing?

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May10-09, 11:44 PM	#2
cesiumfrog cesiumfrog is Offline: Posts: 1,676	Re: What is the difference between soaring and gliding in birds? gliding vs soaring vs dynamic soaring

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