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Bar-tailed Godwits, back from their travels !!
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Nice work Maurice.
Lovely shot, Maurie!
A bit of trivia about these birds - an amazing feat of endurance:
Bar-tailed Godwit flies from Alaska to Australia for the summer months here - a non-stop flight of over 10,000kms (6200miles) across the Pacific, the longest known non-stop flight of any bird! Here is an article showing where a Bar-tailed Godwit sets non-stop of 13,560kms or 8,400mils from Alaska to Tasmania!!!
www.theguardian.com
A bit of trivia about these birds - an amazing feat of endurance:
Bar-tailed Godwit flies from Alaska to Australia for the summer months here - a non-stop flight of over 10,000kms (6200miles) across the Pacific, the longest known non-stop flight of any bird! Here is an article showing where a Bar-tailed Godwit sets non-stop of 13,560kms or 8,400mils from Alaska to Tasmania!!!
Bar-tailed godwit sets world record with 13,560km continuous flight from Alaska to southern Australia
Satellite tag data suggests five-month-old migratory bird did not stop during voyage which took 11 days and one hour to reach Tasmania
www.theguardian.com
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Thanks Lance!
Very good of you to add the information about this incredible bird.
Very good of you to add the information about this incredible bird.
I didn't want to sidetrack your thread but I just think they are an amazing bird and I wanted people to know about their amazing flight.
Lovely shot. Well done.
Very nice shot.
Great photo! Thanks for posting. I've been to New Zealand, South Island's west coast and saw them when we were there. Fun to remember!
Many thanks Dan, Phil and Chuck, Good of you to comment.
What an excellent image! Shocking how far these guys can fly without stopping. They much sleep as they fly? Do they have a very high glide ratio?
Hi Karen, Thanks for your comment. I'm certainly not qualified to answer your question. But feel that their shape must be one of the most aerodynamic shapes in the bird world.
Almost like an aircraft wing .
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