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Tracking Whimbrel
An elegant shorebird with a lovely piping call of the wild. After they leave their breeding grounds in the tundra, Whimbrels stop to feed on fiddler crabs in the mudflats of the Eastern Shore of Virginia. By October, they leave … Continue reading
Wings
This post is scheduled to go online while I am flying over the Pacific Ocean from New Zealand to Los Angeles. It is a journey of 10,500 kilometers (6,500 miles) and about 12 hours. That’s a long flight, although short … Continue reading
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Tagged bird migration, Boeing 747-400, fuel economy, godwit, whimbrel
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 