EARLY HISTORY
Indigenous peoples develop legends about and cultural connections to migratory birds. For example, Athabascan communities in Alaska tell the story of “Raven and Goose-wife,” in which Raven falls in love with a beautiful goose but can’t keep up as she flies across the ocean. Observing yearly avian departures, 16th and 17th century naturalists theorize that some birds may hibernate in lake mud or fly to the moon in winter.
1822
German villagers shoot down a White (or “arrow stork”), this unfortunate bird provides some of the first concrete evidence of migration between continents.
