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Ep. 8: From Alaska to New Zealand, the bar-tailed godwit with Dan Ruthrauff

Alaska Science Pod

English - January 03, 2022 23:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
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Bird biologist Dan Ruthrauff of the USGS Science Center in Anchorage describes the bar-tailed godwit, a bird that every fall flies from Alaska to New Zealand without stopping. That’s a week to nine days straight in the air!