[lit-ideas] Re: The Godwit and the Titi's Vomit

A *godwit*?!  (I'll look it up... )

Meanwhile in Wales, a rogue turtle's been captured and imprisoned

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7014261.stm

Judy Evans, Cardiff
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> "The Oregonian" has developed a taste for long distance bird  
> stories.  Buried in our "Science" section yesterday was the  
> revelation that, thanks to GPS and implanted devices, we know that a  
> godwit flew nonstop, between Aug 29 and Sept 7, from Western Alaska  
> to New Zealand.  It had previously been tracked flying north from New  
> Zealand, leaving on March 17 and flying 6,300 miles to China, where  
> it rested for five weeks before flying to Alaska.  The bird sleeps  
> while flying, shutting down one side of its brain at a time.
> 
> On today's front page is the tale of a sheerwater or "muttonbird" or  
> "titi" chick, killed by a Maori on Big Moggy, which is one of the  
> Titi islands.  In its innards was a tag that had been implanted in a  
> 2.9 inch fish that was released from the Ringold hatchery high up the  
> Columbia river.  
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