Story: Bird migration All images & media From page 1 – The phenomenon of migration Godwits in flight Netting birds (1st of 3) Mistnet for banding birds (2nd of 3) Banded birds (3rd of 3) Godwits and oystercatchers From page 2 – International arrivals Bird species that migrate to New Zealand The Firth of Thames Feeding sites for waders Manukau Harbour The East Asian–Australasian Flyway Learning about migration From page 3 – New Zealand’s migratory birds Campbell albatross colony (1st of 2) Petrel burrows (2nd of 2) White-fronted terns Shining cuckoo (1st of 2) Long-tailed cuckoo (2nd of 2) Birds that migrate away from New Zealand From page 4 – Migration within New Zealand Birds that migrate within New Zealand Wrybill migration The Rakaia riverbed (1st of 3) Wrybill with chick (2nd of 3) Wrybill feeding (3rd of 3) South Island pied oystercatcher and godwits Ornithologist Adrian Riegen Black-billed gulls and chick (1st of 2) Black-billed gulls on the coast (2nd of 2) From page 5 – Preparation for the journey Eastern bar-tailed godwit Migration route, Eastern bar-tailed godwits Weighing a godwit Isahaya Bay, Japan Migrating knots From page 6 – Navigation and the magnetic field Michael Walker Bar-tailed godwits taking off Silvereye Earth’s magnetic field From page 7 – Navigating by the stars and sun Celestial rotation
