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    Bar-tailed godwit

    Hi all, No doubt you guys know all about this: a bar-tailed godwit tracked on an 11-day 12000 km non-stop flight from Alaska to New Zealand. Aside of the mind-bogglingness of it all, how does it do it? I know albatrosses and terns are capable of similar journeys but those are open ocean...
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    Hummingbird lifetimes

    Hi all, Newbie here, so I'll apologize in advance if this is in the wrong forum (or isn't appropriate to any forum here). Here's a question which has been bugging me for years: why do hummingbirds live so long? In general in animals there is a negative correlation between metabolic rate and...
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    Royal, Caspian, or ??? Malibu Lagoon, CA

    Newbie here, know next to nothing about birds. In my bird book it looks like either a Royal Tern or a Caspian, how do you tell the difference? Size of a medium-sized gull. They liked splashing in the water if behavior is relevant. 27 Dec 2016
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