New Book - FEATS BEYOND AMAZING - The Life Story of a Bar-tailed Godwit

[Paul Gibson]

This week we released a new book - FEATS BEYOND AMAZING The Life Story of a Bar-tailed Godwit. A fascinating story, highly illustrated, of my 13-year relationship with one special bird, and all I have learned about him. See our website for further details - http://www.upics.co.nz.
A book uniquely different from anything else ever published, and based right here in NZ.

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[Paul Gibson]

Very exciting this afternoon to find that AJD is back home in Whanganui, his summer home for the last 14 years. With binoculars I spotted a flagged bird, and the excitement mounted. The bird was constantly on the move, as were the other godwits in the small group. I tried and tried to get near, and eventually, at around 4 pm, I managed to worm myself across the mud for some good close shots. The tide was still well out. One thing I can confirm, that, despite his old age, he has no joint problems as he can run as fast as when he was young. He has been at Foxton, as I photographed him there on 7 October 2022. He usually has not arrived in Whanganui until early December, but, last year he arrived on October 30, after a likely difficult migration, and did not go to Foxton at all. He may have been here a couple of days as I have not done a complete scan of the birds since Monday. We expect him to remain here, until his next migration north, around or on 25 March 2023.

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