GODWITS ARRIVE
THOUSANDS IN FAR NORTH MIGRATION FROM SIBERIA FORTNIGHT LATER THAN USUAL Thousands of godwits have arrived at Parengarenga, near North Cape, during the past few days after their long migratory flight from Siberia. Many of these birds were reported yesterday afternoon to be resting on the harbour at Parengarenga. Godwits migrate annually from Siberia, and arrive-in New Zealand in the spring. This year, according 'to observers, they are about a fortnight later than usual. The birds alight at Parengarenga to obtain food from the mudflats, and later scatter throughout the Dominion. About the* middle of March thev assemble again at Parengarenga, and after feeding take off on their long journey north.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23160, 5 October 1938, Page 14
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113GODWITS ARRIVE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23160, 5 October 1938, Page 14
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