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Enjoying bird migration | Desirée Falzon Bird migration is that spectacular journey many birds make 7 May 2021, 11:45am Grey Heron. Photo by Aron Tanti What Bird migration is that spectacular journey many birds make. Some of these journeys are short – like coming down a mountain to spend winter in the lowlands – and some are seriously, mind-bogglingly long. Whether or not you believe that the pigeon-sized Arctic Tern does a 70,000 km round trip from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back in one year, the facts are there. And undisputed. Of course, birds don’t take on these feats of endur...

About The Hat That Saved The World The Hat that Saved the World is about a little girl called Mishika who sails up to the Arctic to play with Bao, her polar bear friend. Mishika and Bao have the same hat which makes them very happy! But one day, the wind blows and blows and blows. It blows so hard her hat comes off, and far away it goes. Chidiya, their friend the Arctic Tern, goes in search of Mishika’s hat and spots a little whale wearing it – but he’s swimming away. What a cheeky little whale! So off they go, sailing down the ocean to chase the little whale. Along the way, ocean anima...

Release Date: February 24, 2021 An overview of the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory’s successes in collection and curation of bird banding data in the last year, featuring some of the remarkable bird bandings, recaptures, and encounters from 2020. In 2020, the Bird Banding Laboratory reached an impressive milestone celebrating its 100-year anniversary. For a century, the BBL in collaboration with the Bird Banding Office of the Environment and Climate Change Canada, has administered the North American Bird Banding Program and maintained a database of over 77 million records of banded bi...

Arctic Journal Muktuk ‐ whale blubber with appetizers inset. (L) Caribou roast and Caribou stew. (R) Musk Ox meatballs and Musk Ox steak. Wild Berries with insets (L) Bannock and (R) Seal meat. Pan‐fried Arctic Char and (R) Raw and Smoked Salmon. 1. Walrus (Aiviq) totem represents calmness and love. The carcass (100 grams = 282 calories) contains some protein and is fibre‐free and salt‐free. Which vitamin does it NOT contain?  a) Vitamin A b) Vitamin B‐1 c) Vitamin B‐2 d) Vitamin C  2. What land fowl is popular in Inuit cuisine especially during the winter months?  a) Quail b...

I became interested in the work of the Goulds after noticing that two of the prettiest birds I have seen bear that name. John Gould (1804-1881) was an English ornithologist and author. His wife Elizabeth Gould (1804-1841) was an artist. The aforementioned birds are Mrs. Gould’s Sunbird and Gouldian Finch.