Date: 9/18/26 1:07 pm From: Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: Highly recommended: Featured Article in the New Yorker magazine, September 21, 2026: “Flight Risk” “A scientist ca\x96W\x9D\xB6\x9B\x8A\xB7
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> Subject: Highly recommended: Featured Article in the New Yorker magazine, September 21, 2026: “Flight Risk” “A scientist called the bird’s trip from Patagonia to Alaska “technically impossible“
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> Hello Tweeters,
> I have a subscription for New Yorker magazine. I do not have a link for you.
> Perhaps a Tweeter can find a way of posting the article.
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> When the New Yorker magazine does a long lead article on birds, it gets my attention. And it will be read by many that are not in the world of Birds.
> Which, I hope will bring more positive attention to birds, and birds in their environments and all environments.
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> I highly recommend this article.
> a really fine piece of interesting and very informative writing. It covers much ground: research and researchers; firsthand experiences in the field, history, and past ideas about birds and migration. And highlights the importance of shorebirds to the environments.
> I can imagine Dennis smiling while reading it.
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> “The perils and triumphs of the astonishing migration of the Hudsonian Godwit”
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> Yes, an adult Hudsonian godwit is larger than a city pigeon.
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> Dan Reiff, PhD
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