Its a plane. Its superman. No, its… a Godwit !
7,200 miles non-stop on one engine… Good God, Godwit ! A world record of the longest bird-flight ever recorded in the history of the birdkind. From Alaska to NewZealand across the pacific ocean, this bird may have little wings and the body that will fit in your hands, but its heart is as big as boeing 777’s.
I wonder how it got its name – The “Bar-Tailed” Godwit. I guess one must be either crazy or really drunk to take onto this ordeal.. Do these little birds have a little bar somewhere in the jungles of Alaska ?
Hick, I gotta go to NewZealand, Hick!! Load me up ! its frikking 7200 miles and thats not counting the detours, Either I am crazy and I am really drunk.. Whooo hoo !!! I feel good. Lets go Godwits, lets show the Geese, terns and the pintails what we are made of!
Here is your map, see you across the world !!
Nice piece of information. Who in the world would realise that this small bird is such a traveler.
I still can’t believe this but for the satellite monitoring. Are those people reliable who did this research ?
Chandresh Prakash
November 2, 2008 at 8:11 am
They are very reliable. The results are published in a major journal I think.
G to the C
November 3, 2008 at 11:40 am
Here’s the link to the article.
http://journals.royalsociety.org/content/224×500552515823/
It’s completely for real.
Phil Battley
December 1, 2008 at 4:56 pm