Bar-tailed godwit - New Zealand Bird of the Week
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 พ.ค. 2020
- Bar-tailed godwits seem just like any other unassuming wading bird until you find out that they embark on one of the most remarkable and arduous journeys of any organism, flying from New Zealand to Alaska to reproduce. I hope you enjoy.
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The photo of it flying was really cute
What a travelling distance! Sure is one amazing bird. Just great Henry.
What an amazing bird. Talk about efficiency. Thanks.
I've seen several of these birds at Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary,which is a stop-over point for them and other migratory birds, during a birdwatching trip last 2014 of April. They were in a mixed flock that comprises the endangered Asian Dowitcher and Chinese Egret as well as Far Eastern Curlews and Whimbrels.
Good video thanks for teaching me about this wonderful bird
My pleasure.
I live in the desert near Las Vegas and I have a pair of birds that look very similar nesting in my backyard.
It's insane that they can fly over oceans without eating!
I did not know about the super long flight they go on in one go. Quite impressive and this definitely holds a record I'm sure no other animal can even come close to.
There are a few birds that literally never land except when breeding (and spend their juvenile years entirely airborne). In terms of migratory non-stop flight, however, the godwits holds the record.
Cool,I never heard of a Godwit before.
Thank you!👍
I love migrating learning about it is fascinating to know how animals and birds survive migrating to point A to point B. Great video Henry.
i have sean bar-tailed goddwit hear in sweden migrating
Thank you for another very competent outline of yet another most interesting bird species. I wish there would be more YTers like you. I love ornithology and there being >10,000 species of birds worlwide, there is a tremendous, inexhaustible source of interesting facts to discover.
Question: you have only a very mild NZ accent. Have you lived outside NZ for long? Or even, are you a native kiwi? In any case: feel free to pick up any non-NZ bird species. I'm sure people would keep following your channel. I would really appreciate certain topics dear to my heart, like the Drepanidid group of birds of Hawaii, a stunning example of radiative evolution by natural selection, and of course, on the "Darwin finches" of the Galapagos.
Such topics would still fit your particular "niche", as such topics are also about birds native to isolated islands .....
I'm glad I can fill in that niche, which is surprising given how many people are passionate about the subject. I've lived in New Zealand for around 15 years, but I originally lived in England, and moved here when I was 3. I definitely plan to make videos on other birds of the world. :)
Good fantastic video 👍
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)
I think you'll find the Arctic Tern has a longer migration flight from the arctic ocean to Antarctica which they then circumnavigate before returning to the Canadian arctic tundra to mate and breed.
But that's not a non-stop flight.
the bird sounds at the end of every video are the sounds of the bird you are talking about in the video or they are just random bird sounds?
The former. Thought it would make each video a bit more unique, and when it comes to many of the extinct birds, making their videos more impactful, given how we have lost their voices and that they really are gone.
God help us, it's the Godwit...
In Alaska, Godwits are considered to be an Alaskan bird. Just sayin.
answer is God!