article_snippet: The heroic journeys are 'on the brink of impossibility', according to one of the researchers who attached tracking devices to 40 birds.
article_snippet: Now Experts have proof that it really does fly without stopping to rest, eat or drink across the Atlantic.
article_snippet: Instead it risks death by flying hundreds of miles from land even though it cannot land on water and live.
article_snippet: Dr Bill DeLuca, from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, said: 'It was pretty thrilling to get the return birds back, because the return birds migratory feat in itself is on the brink of impossibility. '
article_snippet: we're really excited to report that this is one of the longest non-stop over-water flights ever recorded for a songbird, and finally confirms what has long been believed to be one of the most extraordinary migratory feats on the planet.'
highlights_snippet: Flies without stopping to rest, eat or drink across the Atlantic .
  