Ornithologist Bruce Beehler tracks down what he calls the “Magnificent Seven,” a charismatic group of migratory birds, in his ...

During breeding season, males display a striking rusty-red plumage on their ... route of the Bar-tailed Godwit is nothing short of extraordinary. These birds breed in the Arctic tundra of Alaska ...

Bar-tailed godwits are one of 35 species which come to New Zealand every summer from their breeding ground in the Arctic. They all move huge distances as the seasons change to either exploit rich ...

Bar-tailed godwit. Image by opisska, CC BY 4.0 https ... These remarkable birds literally follow endless summer, experiencing more daylight than any other creature on Earth. During their lifetimes ...

The Eastern bar-tailed godwit is one of our most notable travellers. Breeding aged birds travel to the Alaskan artic in March, then return to New Zealand to spend spring and summer foraging and ...

The black-tailed godwit is a critically endangered wading ... Their key features are long legs and grey-brown plumage with decorative black and white stripes across their wings.

They might put on the breeding plumage in full only when they have ... the fag end of the wintering season, the adult black-tailed godwit being one of them. The drab shades are well and truly ...

The black-tailed godwit is a critically endangered wading bird that has ... Their key features are long legs and grey-brown plumage with decorative black and white stripes across their wings.