[finite_depth]

I don't know about this specific bird, but many birds have what are essentially biological compasses built into them.

[nomel]

Not sure why this was flagged dead. It's a fact that some birds are sensitive to magnetic fields [1]:

> They do this with the help of the magnetically sensitive proteins in their eyes and the magneto-receptive cells in the vestibular nucleus in their brain.

[1] https://phys.org/news/2022-02-compass-birds-ways-foreign.htm....

[throwaway290]

Allegedly, dogs too. Unclear how but they align north-south when pooping if they get the chance.

[tasuki]

Yes, but that by itself does not help all that much?

I give you a compass and an 11 hour ride on a typhoon. The compass won't give you magical ability to return to your starting spot.

[samus]

The compass allows me to track in which direction I'm roughly blown. Not on the scale of seconds, but hours. As soon as I escape the typhoon, I can start going back.