讀書講故事: 飛越萬裏來會你

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讀書講故事: 飛越萬裏來會你

Hudsonian Whimbrel(哈德遜中杓鷸) 是一種雞一樣大的候鳥。它冬天是在南美洲過冬,夏天則飛到加拿大北部北極圈裏來繁殖。每年五六月間,它們回到解了凍的北極荒原來尋找配偶,繁殖後代,在北極短短的夏季孵化一窩四隻小鳥和喂養它們。完成了這一年的工作,它們分手了各自沿來的路飛回去。有的走美洲大陸東邊的大西洋海岸,有的走西邊的太平洋海岸,沿路在沙灘上用長長的嘴在沙灘裏找小動物吃。

Whimbrel with prey in its mouth while walking on a coastline

A pair of hands hold a brown and white bird with a long, curved bill that has a small device attached to its back

Hudsonian Whimbrel在南美過了一年,又沿原路飛回來到一年以前來過的地方找老情鳥--- Whimbrel是一輩子搭伴的,那另一半也是循著去年分手以後的路又找回來。有的要走9000英裏才能回來。

A map provided by Manomet Conservation Sciences shows two Hudsonian whimbrels' migrations from South America to the Arctic.

這些鳥能活到20年,年複一年地來相聚又相別。。。

A pair of Hudsonian whimbrels are in flight. The birds mate for life and follow one of two migratory patterns along either the Atlantic or the Pacific seaboard.