The bar-tailed godwit has an impressive flight pattern; the bird can fly from Alaska to New Zealand in eight days. The bird normally breeds in Alaska and then flies an often non-stop migration route to New Zealand and Australia, but incredibly, one bar-tailed godwit landed south of Des Moines last week. It's the first time it has been documented in Iowa; it's only ever been documented in inland North America in Utah. Steve Dinsmore, ecology professor at Iowa State University, found the bar