Wader sneak in under 'radar'

[Bruce McKinlay]

This from the Dom Post about the early arrival of godwit this spring.


The early arrival back in New Zealand of a few hundred bar-tailed godwits from Alaska may have been happening for some years, an expert says.

Full story here:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/4690489a27490.html

Bruce

[Bruce McKinlay]

Another angle on the godwits flight as recorded by Stuff.

Scientists are marvelling over a small female bar-tailed godwit somewhere in New Zealand who has a world record for non-stop flying – an epic 11,200 kilometre's.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4736979a7693.html