The Alaska Science Center has a new batch of satellite tracker equipped Bar-tailed Godwits, following in the wing beats of E7 and her friends:

The northward flight of Bar-tailed Godwits began in mid-March with the departure of four godwits from the North Island of New Zealand. This year we are following two populations of birds north, a group of 9 from New Zealand and a group of 15 from Western Australia (WA). The birds from WA represent a different subspecies of Bar-tailed Godwit that nests in eastern Siberia whereas the New Zealand birds nest in Alaska.

I'll be following along on their journey north and hope that, come Fall, we'll be treated to some more epic transoceanic journeys by these amazing shorebirds!