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Flying at altitudes of up to 6,000 metres, at speeds of up to 90 kilometres per hour, the bird crosses thousands of kilometres of featureless open ocean using a combination of the sun, the stars, the Earth’s magnetic field, and infrasound — low-frequency sound waves produced by ocean waves that the bird can detect and use as a navigational reference even when flying above the clouds. In Hawaii, where the \u003cem\u003eKōlō\u003c\/em\u003e arrives each August and departs each April, it has been part of the cultural landscape for over a thousand years. Ancient Hawaiians observed its arrival and departure as a marker of the seasons. It appears in Hawaiian chants and proverbs. It is one of the few migratory birds in the world that returns to exactly the same wintering territory — the same garden, the same lawn, the same patch of shoreline — year after year, sometimes for a decade or more. Scientists have tracked individual birds returning to the same square metre of Hawaiian turf for over ten consecutive years. This figurine is made for everyone who has watched a Golden Plover land on a Hawaiian beach or an Australian mudflat and felt the full weight of the journey it has just completed. A bird of open oceans and ancient skies, held in wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003e✦ Dimensions\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBird:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.5 inches (L)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBase:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 inches (H)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e Basswood (bird), Black Walnut (base)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003e✦ Care Instructions\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeep away from direct sunlight and moisture to preserve the hand-painted finish. 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