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Pintail flies from Cameron parish to Russia
Posted on 3/13/23 at 6:31 am
Posted on 3/13/23 at 6:31 am
Pretty crazy.
LINK
LINK
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After leaving Louisiana in early March, the duck headed to the eastern Dakotas, to the Prairie Pothole Region, which stretches into Canada and sees the majority of pintail nesting and summering. But then she went offline for six months. “She finally hit service again on a state penitentiary campus in Northern California, of all places,” Link says. Between, she’d flown across northwestern Canada, passed through Alaska, crossed the Bering Sea, and arrived in Russia in May, becoming the first pintail Link—or anyone else—has ever seen cruising to a new continent from down South.
This post was edited on 3/13/23 at 6:32 am
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Posted on 3/13/23 at 6:45 am to LSUballs
I suppose that was a nonstop flight from Kodiak Island to Oregon.
Dang.
Dang.
Posted on 3/13/23 at 6:55 am to dstone12
Incredible.
Posted on 3/13/23 at 7:23 am to LSUballs
Impressive trip.
Posted on 3/13/23 at 7:31 am to LSUballs
Similar flight of migration as sandhill cranes
This post was edited on 3/13/23 at 7:32 am
Posted on 3/13/23 at 7:38 am to LSUballs
Bird migrations are amazing. I trapped a male kestrel once in north Alabama that was banded. When I looked up the number, he'd been banded several years earlier in Ontario. Nothing like Russia, but it was still very cool to think about.
Posted on 3/13/23 at 7:39 am to LSUballs
I clicked on this expecting to learn of some new insect that has invaded half the world.
I'm familiar with horse flies, house flies and deer flies, and have heard of blow flies and fruit flies. But I had never heard of a pintail fly.
I'm familiar with horse flies, house flies and deer flies, and have heard of blow flies and fruit flies. But I had never heard of a pintail fly.
Posted on 3/13/23 at 8:46 am to LSUballs
Those darn Putin loving Pintails I swear…
Posted on 3/13/23 at 8:51 am to skidry
So how does a pintail prep for that ~1500 mile trip from Alaska back to Oregon?
Do they just land in the ocean and take a breather?
Do they eat seaweed?
Do they fly overnight?
Because at an estimated 30 mph cruise, that would take them two full days.
Do they just land in the ocean and take a breather?
Do they eat seaweed?
Do they fly overnight?
Because at an estimated 30 mph cruise, that would take them two full days.
Posted on 3/13/23 at 8:55 am to sta4ever
Wonder if this had anything to do with the drought Canada had until last year? She might have had to fly to Russia previously to find enough water or was born there.
Didn’t fully read the article if that was mentioned
Didn’t fully read the article if that was mentioned
Posted on 3/13/23 at 8:56 am to dstone12
They get crazy altitude and get in the jetstream. They are going well over 30mph
Posted on 3/13/23 at 9:07 am to mylsuhat
Yea, I googled and found this. Looks like most fly 50 + mph.
LINK
also this
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Most waterfowl fly at speeds of 40 to 60 mph, with many species averaging roughly 50 mph. With a 50 mph tail wind, migrating mallards are capable of traveling 800 miles during an eight-hour flight. Studies of duck energetics have shown that a mallard would have to feed and rest for three to seven days to replenish the energy expended during this eight-hour journey.
also this
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While migrating from Alaska, a hen pintail carrying a satellite transmitter landed on a shrimp boat off the northern Oregon coast. The surprised crew carried the duck safely to shore and released it on a nearby wetland.
This post was edited on 3/13/23 at 9:08 am
Posted on 3/13/23 at 10:15 am to LSUballs
quote:
Most waterfowl fly at speeds of 40 to 60 mph, with many species averaging roughly 50 mph. With a 50 mph tail wind, migrating mallards are capable of traveling 800 miles during an eight-hour flight. Studies of duck energetics have shown that a mallard would have to feed and rest for three to seven days to replenish the energy expended during this eight-hour journey.
Dang
To cover 800 miles in 8 hours is absurd. That means they are going well over 100 mph since it takes some time to get up into the jet stream.
And I’m not even sure how high they get. The polar jet streams are miles up.
This post was edited on 3/13/23 at 10:21 am
Posted on 3/13/23 at 11:06 am to LSUballs
thats wild.
Posted on 3/13/23 at 12:54 pm to LSUballs
Look at that hard right it took in N ark at the nets
Posted on 3/13/23 at 1:14 pm to dstone12
quote:
And I’m not even sure how high they get.
Posted on 3/13/23 at 2:55 pm to LSUballs
Pics of the Pintail or it didn't happen. That's one BAD bird to do this.
That's one BAD bird to do this. Posted on 3/13/23 at 3:06 pm to LSUballs
Think it was 08’ a Pintail was killed in Ruleville Ms that had been banned in Japan.
Posted on 3/13/23 at 3:20 pm to rattlebucket
quote:Got to La and did nothing but circle.
Look at that hard right it took in N ark at the nets
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