Study: Shorebirds who fly deep into Arctic face less predator danger
Sunday, January 17, 2010 - 14:21
in Earth & Climate
Every year, shorebirds flap thousands and thousands of miles to the northern hemisphere, then back to the south. It's already an exhausting round trip. Yet some of those sandpipers and plovers choose to head deeper into the Arctic, tacking as much as 2,000 miles onto their journey.