So does this mean that this bird really flew NON-STOP for 8 days?

Question

http://www.livescience.com/animals/071001_longest_flight.html

I just want to be clear, a bird flew all that way, never landing on anything?

Answer 1

Birds like albatrosses, shearwaters, petrels and prions probably make even longer flights without landing but it cannot be demonstrated that they do because they are quite capable of landing on the ocean and taking off again. Land birds such as the godwit in question, cannot land on the water. If they do they can't take off again, they become waterlogged and drown. This means that any land bird tracked flying across the ocean must be flying all the time.

Arctic terns make longer migrations as do short-tailed shearwaters. They might each make longer fllights than the godwit but they can both land on water so it can't be proved.

Answer 2

I don't know for sure but it sure sounds that way to me. That is a long trip!!