Herein we explain that birds do not hibernate in lakes, do not migrate to the moon, but DO go on very unique journeys, which we humans have learned about in a variety of ingenious manners.

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Created by Henry Reich Video Concept and Writing: Laurie Allmann Animation: Ever Salazar Production and Writing Team: Alex Reich, Peter Reich, Emily Elert Music: Nathaniel Schroeder

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Bar-tailed Godwit Photo by: Andreas Trepte www.photo-natur.de https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bar-tailed_Godwit.jpg

Birds Hibernating https://blogs.northampton.ac.uk/mikeredwood/2013/10/28/swallows-hibernate-in-lakes-and-mud/

Artic Tern Photo by: Malene Thyssen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Havterne.jpg

Geolocator Photo by: Lyndon Kearsley & Theo Geuens https://www.migratetech.co.uk/geolocators_8.html

Raisin Photo by: Cary Bass https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Single_raisin.jpg

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REFERENCES

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Preuss, N.O. 2001. Hans Christian Cornelius Mortensen: aspects of his life and of the history of bird ringing . Ardea 89(special issue) : 1-6 . https://ardea.nou.nu/ardea_show_article.php?nr=107

First banded bird recovery in Africa: https://jncc.defra.gov.uk/PDF/pub07_waterbirds_part3.4.12.pdf

Discoveries with satellite telemetry: --bar-tailed Godwits fly non-stop over the Pacific, from Alaska to New Zealand, a 7000 mile journey at an average speed of over 35 miles per hour, in about 8 days https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/satellite-telemetry-and-its-impact-on-the-94842487

Eagle migration tracking: https://www.raptors-international.org/book/eagle_studies_1996/Meyburg_Scheller_1996_529-549.pdf

Arctic tern, longest migration: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100111-worlds-longest-migration-arctic-tern-bird/ https://www.pnas.org/content/107/5/2078.full?sid=871e276e-361a-447b-ba7f-4f3ff1a09c4c

Ancient Migration theory: https://www.uh.edu/engines/epi2228.htm https://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/migratio/ideas.htm

Bar-tailed godwits: https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/satellite-telemetry-and-its-impact-on-the-94842487

Bird Migration: A General Survey By Peter Berthold https://books.google.cl/books?hl=en&lr=&id=733gneStGUoC

Bald Eagle tracking: https://www.raptors-international.org/book/eagle_studies_1996/Meyburg_Scheller_1996_529-549.pdf citation to original paper: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/5221497