13 October 2026
Banded dotterels still fly to Australia, but they arrive about four days later each year

Most migratory birds fly north to escape the winter cold, but New Zealand’s banded dotterels fly 3,000 kilometers straight west across the Tasman Sea. Now, that epic ocean crossing is shrinking before ...
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