Monday, October 3, 2011

More Whimbrel love!

This time from NPR: The Toughest Little Bird You've Never Heard Of

I'd lump it in with the previous few posts on Atlantic migrating Whimbrels, but these are the Pacific ones with a very different story than their Atlantic brethren. Basically instead of having a cushy (or deadly) stopover spot in the Bahamas, the west coast critters go straight from Alaska to New Zealand, though some go to Australia. NPR's page has a great tracking map, definitely worth a peek!

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