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Possible advantages of flying in formation. a Mechanical protection: one or more birds closely following a bird that is attacked may collide with the predator, causing injury. b Birds flying in a formation will produce complex and overlapping sounds. This may confuse diurnal raptors that use sound cues, alone or together with vision, to localize the prey
