Bar-tailed Godwit "E7" continues to break records.

[gemfyre]

While working at Broome Bird Observatory, our main focus was migratory waders. The birds at Broome fly from Siberia to Australia and back every year. I also learned that the godwits that fly to the eastern side of the country and New Zealand potentially have the longest single leg migration of any animal in the world - flying from Alaska, across

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[tetrabinary]

Fucking unbelievable.

You should totally post pics if you can get back there.

[gemfyre]

Ah that reminds me!

*adds picture*

[tetrabinary]

What a nifty beak...what's their diet?

I'm going to assume submerged invertebrates...

[gemfyre]

"Macrobenthic fauna"

i.e. small critters (but visible to the naked eye) that live in mud.

And now I need to do an entire article on the ridiculous macrobenthic diversity of Roebuck Bay - heck, at least I have plenty of photos for that one. :)