Pit Stops in Iowa Precede Nonstop Flights to South America, Bird-tracking Study Shows
February 23, 2025
February 23, 2025
AMES, Iowa, Feb. 23 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release:
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Pit stops in Iowa precede nonstop flights to South America, bird-tracking study shows
AMES, Iowa - Nonstop flights direct from Iowa to Venezuela are rare, unless you happen to be a well-fed pectoral sandpiper.
Pectoral sandpipers are the most common long-distance migratory shorebirds seen in Iowa, which is a convenient stopping point between their Arctic breed . . .
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Pit stops in Iowa precede nonstop flights to South America, bird-tracking study shows
AMES, Iowa - Nonstop flights direct from Iowa to Venezuela are rare, unless you happen to be a well-fed pectoral sandpiper.
Pectoral sandpipers are the most common long-distance migratory shorebirds seen in Iowa, which is a convenient stopping point between their Arctic breed . . .