Tall ships arrive in Port Hardy for youth training - North Island Gazette
North Island residents have been treated to a sight in this summer that would make most Canadians envious.
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Common Swifts, World's Fastest Migrating Bird, Are Even Faster Than Scientists Realized
Image: Davide D’Amico Under ideal conditions, common swifts can cover more than 500 miles per day for more than a week, report scientists. Seems like an unimaginable feat for such a tiny bird, but swifts have adopted a clever strategy that makes these epic migrations possible. Advertisement As a migrating bird, common swifts ( Apus apus) are aptly named. These highly mobile creatures spend more than 80% of their lives in the air when not in breeding mode, and a good portion of this time is spent migrating from northern Scandinavia to their wintering destinations in western and central Afric...
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