| Summary: | Monitoring ocean surface winds is essential for understanding ocean and atmosphere interactions and weather forecasts. However, wind measured by satellite scatterometers and buoys are spatially and temporally coarse, particularly in coastal areas. We deployed small global positioning system units on soaring seabirds to record their tracks. Seabirds were accelerated by tail winds or slowed down by head winds during flight, so their flight speed changed in relation to wind speed and direction. Taking advantage of these changes in flight speed, we reliably estimated wind speed and direction experienced by the seabirds. The wind observed by soaring seabird's tracks complemented the conventional observation gaps in terms of both time and space, suggesting the possibility of using soaring seabirds as a living anemometer. streaked_shearwater_no1 time series of latitude and longitude streaked_shearwater_no2 time series of latitude and longitude streaked_shearwater_no3 time series of latitude and longitude streaked_shearwater_no4 time series of latitude and longitude streaked_shearwater_no5 time series of latitude and longitude streaked_shearwater_no6 time series of latitude and longitude streaked_shearwater_no7 time series of latitude and longitude streaked_shearwater_no11 time series of latitude and longitude streaked_shearwater_no12 time series of latitude and longitude streaked_shearwater_no13 time series of latitude and longitude streaked_shearwater_no14 time series of latitude and longitude streaked_shearwater_no15 time series of latitude and longitude streaked_shearwater_no16 time series of latitude and longitude Laysan_albatross_no1 time series of latitude and longitude Laysan_albatross_no2 time series of latitude and longitude wandering_albatross_no1 time series of latitude and longitude wandering_albatross_no2 time series of latitude and longitude wandering_albatross_no3 time series of latitude and longitude wandering_albatross_no4 time series of latitude and longitude
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