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Godwits cannot soar like hawks or glide like albatrosses. They migrate by continuously flapping their wings. As best as we can tell, they do not, while flying, eat or drink or sleep. Still, they make the longest non-stop migration in the bird world. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/p3otfn
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The Incredible Journey of a Migratory Shorebird
Godwits make the longest non-stop migration in the bird world. That might be the least of the shorebirds’ marvels. Can they survive a changing planet?