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A Valentine’s story in the tundra: How two whimbrels reunite each year in Arctic Alaska to mate

Posted 2/12/26

It may be the most enduring love story in the shorebird world, two birds coming together from different parts of the hemisphere. Hudsonian Whimbrels are famously faithful, often mating for life and returning each May and June to the same stretch of Arctic tundra to breed. Their courtships begin in the air. Males launch into […]

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