Natural History Wanderings

The New York Times  reports

Tens of thousands of bar-tailed godwits are taking advantage of favorable winds this month and next for their annual migration from the mud flats and muskeg of southern Alaska, south across the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, to the beaches of New Zealand and eastern Australia.

They are making their journey of more than 7,000 miles by flapping night and day, without stopping to eat, drink or rest.

Read more at The Godwit’s 7,000-Mile Journey: A Migration That Breaks Records – The New York Times