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Riegen is a builder and bird watcher from Auckland who has devoted much of his life to shorebirds at New Zealand's Pukorokoro Miranda Naturalist Trust. After working with Chinese officials to survey bird numbers at Yalu Jiang, Riegen and a small group from the trust approached the North Korean government to ask if they could assess habitat over the border. As unlikely as it seems, the government welcomed the birders. They have identified several internationally significant shorebird sites, each hosting more than 1 per cent of a given species.
For Riegen, the importance of North Korea to the fragile flyway ecosystem isn't really acknowledged. But North Korea is only a stopover: That shorebirds would fly to the remote reaches of the world — to Siberia, Alaska and Mongolia — to breed seems counterintuitive. Yet their strategy is sound. When they arrive in spring, the winter's snow and ice are melting, forming pools of water that attract mosquitoes and other insects. At this time of year in Siberia, mosquitoes can mass in clouds that turn the sky grey, forcing residents and researchers to wear protective clothing.
The insects are a perfect food source for the newly arrived shorebirds, who need all the energy they can get after their long journey. The insects also provide a perfect banquet for when the chicks hatch several weeks later, sporting short, soft bills. Shorebirds time their arrival in the Arctic perfectly: That has consequences throughout the first years of their life. From 23 to 25 days old these birds start their incredible migration," Digby says.
The juveniles are not guided by adults for the first migration of their lives. They simply know the right direction, and take to the sky. They have to be incredibly sure of what they're doing," says Richard Fuller. How exactly they do this is still something of a mystery to scientists.
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They may navigate by the stars and sun, but the shorebirds also have the ability to sense magnetic fields, thanks to a chemical contained in their head. Some birds, like the Alaskan bar-tailed godwits, fly directly south in one hop. Other birds stop off at the Yellow Sea before flying further south to their overwintering grounds. Despite this physiological adaptation, migration is difficult: None are bigger than two kilograms, and some weigh as little as 50 grams.
Home is everywhere when you are a migratory bird. But it's hard not to imagine that they feel relief when the muddy shores of New Zealand, or Broome, or Botany Bay appear. Their legs have been tucked tight beneath them for over a week. Their wings are locked in position for flight. They can't hold themselves up. But only a few hours later the waders—the snipes, the curlews, the godwits, the stilts, the stints, the knots, the turnstones—pick themselves up and start eating.
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