Thanks for the heads up! Nature also posts content to YouTube. Not sure if the list allows YouTube links, but here goes:
https://youtu.be/aywVS2njnVE If it gets stripped out you can search PBS Nature Flyways and find it easily. Dave On Fri, Feb 9, 2024, 12:51 PM Gordon Andersson <gpanders...@msn.com> wrote: > On Weds. Feb 07 PBS "Nature" featured the annual long-distance migration > of > three shorebird spp -- Far Eastern Curlew, Hudsonian Godwit, and Red Knot. > These are global species that inhabit different continents at different > seasons. The Godwit winters in Chile and summers in Alaska. The Curlew > flies 13,000 miles between Australia and N. China each year concentrated en > route on the remaining 1/3 of undeveloped wetland near the Yellow Sea. The > flocks of featured Red Knot winter on the coast of Mauritania and breed in > Siberia. Each of these spp is tracked by geo-locators. > > The show includes footage of attempts to net-trap more birds for tagging > (only one Curlew provides the migration data for the species) and searching > the tundra for newly hatched Knots. Birds in flight are shown from above > and the waves of flocks we love to watch from the shore. As you know the > shorebirds in MN migrate great distances, some to the S hemisphere as do > many other families. This program shows a sample of three shorebird species > (of the 89 spp worldwide of Sandpipers and allies) all major trans-boundary > travelers and seasonal residents. The Godwit might be seen in W MN in > migration. > > The MBTA protects non-game birds in the US/Canada/Mexico, but Europe has > little/no bird protection laws. There are 1000's of migrating Knots shot > in > France each year. And many passerines and raptors continue to be shot > during migration passing to/from Africa and Europe. The show is a good > look > at the birds and the bird lovers and researchers studying their > distribution > and migration, all of whom are concerned about their conservation and > survival. > > As a bonus you will see a Spoon-billed Sandpiper nesting with babies. > > In the MSP area "Nature" is shown on Weds night repeated Sunday night. If > you miss the rebroadcast this Sunday Feb 11 at 7:00pm you can find it on > TPT > Passport (if you are a member/donor) or on Amazon Prime video (info from > close of program.) > > ------------------ > > GAndersson > > St Paul > > > > > > > ---- > General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > ---- General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
