Daily Bitachon Series: Shaar Habechina Welcome to our daily Bitachon series. We are currently in Shaar Habechina , discussing the wonders of the bird kingdom. Today, we'll explore a lesser-known bird called the Bar-tailed Godwit . Migration in general is a "wonder of wonders"—how birds know exactly how to return to their place of origin. But this bird flies from Alaska to New Zealand, a distance of over 7,000 miles, without stopping once. It does not eat, drink, or sleep for eight to nine days straight. How is that possible? Two incredible things happen. First, the bird undergoes a biological transformation: it shrinks its internal organs to save weight and expands its heart and chest muscles. It essentially becomes a flying fuel tank. Second, it utilizes unihemispheric sleep, where one hemisphere of the brain stays awake while the other enters a deep sleep. It maintains full awareness in one half while the other rests, switching back and forth to sleep and fly simultaneously. To the evolutionists who claim this developed over billions of years: the birds that fell asleep and landed in the ocean wouldn't have survived to pass on those traits. It is simply ridiculous. What makes it even harder is that, unlike seabirds, Godwits cannot soar or glide for long; they must flap their wings continuously. They cannot land on water because they can't swim and their feathers aren't waterproof. Yet, after leaving Alaska, they find tiny islands in the middle of the Pacific by utilizing an internal compass to see the earth's magnetic fields. Our second bird is the more familiar Owl , the silent hunter. Most birds make a "whooshing" sound due to air turbulence, but an owl is completely silent. This is vital so it can fly inches above a mouse without startling it. We have to thank Hashem that mosquitoes make noise, so we know to swat them, but the mouse receives no such warning from the owl. Think of a fly swatter; it has holes so it doesn't create a wind current that would alert the fly. Similarly, an owl's wings have a comb-like fringe that breaks the air into tiny micro-turbulences, and the rest of the wing is covered in soft down that muffles any remaining sound. This velvety "acoustic muffler" absorbs the sound of feathers rubbing together and dampens all vibration. Finally, we have the Common Swift . While the Godwit is known for migration, the Swift can stay in the air for ten months straight without ever touching the ground. They eat "aerial plankton" (tiny insects in the upper atmosphere), drink raindrops in mid-air, and even mate in flight. Like the Godwit, they use unihemispheric sleep, ascending to 10,000 feet at night to take power naps while gliding. Why did Hashem create birds like this? For one reason: to tell us "Kullam bechochma asita" —You have made them all with wisdom. None of this could happen by itself. Without these complex systems fully developed from the start, these birds would have fallen out of the sky a long time ago.