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  • New Zealand finally welcomes godwit two months after it was blown 2,000km back to Alaska

    11/10/2021 12:34:15 AM PST · by blueplum · 11 replies
    The Guardian UK ^ | 08 November 2021 | Eva Corlett in Wellington
    A plucky migrating godwit that captured New Zealand’s attention after it was forced to make a dramatic U-turn back to Alaska after 33 hours of non-stop flight has finally touched down in the country. Every year, the Eastern bar-tailed godwits, or kuaka in Māori, make one of the longest avian migration flights in the world, travelling from their breeding ground in the Arctic, across the Pacific, to New Zealand... ..This year, a female godwit, identified as 4BYWW by the bands on her legs, was confirmed as having made the longest flight ever recorded by a land bird....But one unlucky godwit,...
  • Many North American birds bear names with racist roots. That's beginning to change

    06/09/2021 4:05:09 PM PDT · by blueplum · 111 replies
    CNN via MSN ^ | 09 Jun 2021 | Leah Asmelash
    As the US continues to reassess its relationship to racism, offensive sports team and school names have changed. Up next? Bird names. Bird Names for Birds is a grassroots initiative aiming to change eponymous common names of birds, specifically in North America, arguing that many have been named after problematic people.... ...On Tuesday, there was another step forward. The AOS announced a new ad hoc committee that would make recommendations for guidelines on how to identify and change "harmful English bird names," ...