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Transcript: Migration
An animated question mark mono cycles outside Zoey’s house holding a flag with the logo of the show: a magnifying glass with a question mark inside.
In the attic, Zoey focuses the camera towards her and starts dancing around as animated stickers appear on the screen.
Zoey is around 12, with long wavy brown hair in a half ponytail. She wears a printed red dress, a denim vest, a beaded necklace and a watch.
(music plays)
Music grabs a ukulele and starts playing and sings a song as other Zoeys appear behind her doing different things.
The song goes MY NAME IS ZOEY
AND THIS IS MY SHOW
I'M FINDING STUFF OUT
THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW
JUST ASK ME A QUESTION
THAT I DON'T KNOW
THAT'S WHY "FINDING STUFF OUT."
IS THE NAME OF MY SHOW
Several kids pop up in frames of different shapes and colours.
The title Finding Stuff Out, where the letter O is replaced by a magnifying glass, appears several times on the screen.
The song continues SO JUST GIVE ME A SHOUT
AND WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT
WITH THE HELP
OF SOME FRIENDS
On her laptop screen roll different clips that show Zoey and her friends doing different activities as animated characters roll over the screen.
The song continues AND THE FUN NEVER ENDS
ON "FINDING STUFF OUT"
FINDING STUFF OUT
FINDING STUFF OUT
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT
YEAH
Wrapped in a blanket, Zoey says IT'S SO COLD.
HOW AM I GOING TO GET THROUGH
WINTER?
IT'S FREEZING OUTSIDE.
A clip shows kids doing fun activities in warm weather.
Zoey says WHOOPS.
YOU CAUGHT ME THERE.
I'LL ADMIT IT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY
WINTER YET BUT I'M PLANNING
AHEAD.
I KNOW THAT SOME BIRDS FLY SOUTH
TO GET OUT OF THE COLD.
IT'S CALLED MIGRATION AND I
WONDERED WHY WE DON'T DO THE
SAME THING.
IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A GOOD IDEA.
GABRIELLA HAD THE SAME QUESTION
I DID.
A girl with brown hair in pigtails says WHY DO SOME ANIMALS MIGRATE AND
SOME DON'T?
Zoey says I DON'T KNOW GABRIELLA BUT I
PROMISE TO HAVE THE ANSWER BY
THE END OF THE SHOW.
JACOB HAS ANOTHER GREAT
QUESTION.
A boy with curly brown hair says WHAT KIND OF ANIMALS MIGRATE?
Zoey says AT FIRST I THOUGHT ONLY BIRDS
MIGRATED BUT I CHECKED AND FOUND
OUT ALL KINDS OF OTHER ANIMALS
MIGRATE LIKE REINDEER, WHALES,
SALMON AND EVEN PENGUINS BUT
THEY'RE ALL SO DIFFERENT.
I DON'T KNOW YET WHY THOSE
SPECIFIC ANIMALS MIGRATE AND
OTHERS DON'T BUT HERE'S WHAT I
DID FIND OUT.
SOME ANIMALS DON'T HAVE TO
MIGRATE BECAUSE THEY'RE ADAPTED
TO WINTER.
FOR EXAMPLE, SNOW SHOE RABBIT'S
FUR TURNS WHITE IN THE WINTER
AND HELPS THEM BLEND IN WITH THE
SNOW TO PROTECT THEM FROM
PREDATORS.
WHILE IN THE SUMMER AND FALL
THEIR COATS KEEP THEM
CAMOUFLAGED AND SOME ANIMALS
LIKE BATS AND BEARS DON'T NEED
TO MIGRATE EITHER.
THEY JUST SAY "NAH,
I JUST WANT TO SLEEP."
SO THEY HIBERNATE FOR THE ENTIRE
WINTER.
SO SOME ANIMALS MIGRATE.
SOME ADAPT.
SOME HIBERNATE.
I FEEL A SONG COMING ON.
(music plays)
Dressed as a bird, Zoey says SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I
GO?
THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF
SNOW.
I NEED SEEDS AND BUGS TO EAT
BUT THE SNOW WILL FREEZE MY
TREATS.
I DON'T HAVE A FURY COAT OR A
WARM BARN LIKE A GOAT.
I THINK I'M GETTING A SORE
THROAT.
(COUGHS)
SHOULD I GO OR SHOULD I
STAY?
COLD IS COMING ANY DAY.
I'M NOT SLEEPY LIKE A
BEAR.
INSTEAD OF HERE I SHOULD GO
THERE.
WINTER'S GONNA BE BATTLE SO I
THINK I'LL JUST SKIDADDLE.
YEAH I THINK I'LL JUST
SKIDADDLE.
BYE.
Back in the attic, Zoey says MIGRATE?
HIBERNATE?
OR ADAPT TO WINTER?
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
I ASKED SOME OF MY FRIENDS WHAT
THEY THINK.
A caption reads "Ask a friend."
A girl with blond hair in a ponytail says HIBERNATE BECAUSE I LIKE
SLEEPING LIKE SLEEPING IN SO I
THINK THAT I WOULD LIKE THAT.
Another blond girl says I WOULD RATHER MIGRATE TO A
TROPICAL ISLAND.
RELAX.
A boy with straight brown hair says I WOULD MIGRATE BECAUSE I LIKE
GOING NEW PLACES.
A third blond girl says ADAPT AND HAVE WHITE FUR.
A boy with curly light brown hair says I WOULD RATHER ADAPT BECAUSE I
LIKE THE SNOW AND I WOULDN'T
HAVE TO SLEEP.
Another blond girl says I WOULD LIKE TO BE IN A TROPICAL
ISLAND BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY
IN THE SNOW.
A blond boy says HIBERNATE BECAUSE I COULD BE
WARM IN A CAVE.
Zoey laughs and says ME?
I WOULD DEFINITELY MIGRATE.
SUN, BEACH, NO SNOW BUT I'D WANT
TO STAY THERE ALL THE TIME WHICH
REMINDS ME OF A GREAT QUESTION I
GOT FROM RUBY.
A girl with curly brown hair says ONCE AN ANIMAL MIGRATES WHY
DON'T THEY JUST STAY THERE?
On a pier, Zoey says GREAT QUESTION RUBY.
WHICH IS WHY I DECIDED TO CALL A
SERIOUS MIGRATION EXPERT MARINE
BIOLOGIST MARLA BARKER.
HI MARLA.
Marla is in her thirties, with brown hair in a ponytail and wears a brown hooded jacket, gray trousers and a backpack on the front.
Marla says HOW ARE YA?
Zoey says GOOD, HOW ARE YOU?
WELL, YUP, WE'RE READY TO GO.
ARE YOU READY?
Zoey says YEAH.
They get on a boat.
Marla says HOLD ON ZOEY.
Zoey says ALRIGHT.
Marla says OFF WE GO.
Zoey says MARLA IS TAKING ME OUT TO
SEE SOME GREY WHALES.
WHOA.
THEY'RE ONE OF THE ANIMALS THAT
MIGRATE AND IF WE'RE LUCKY WE'LL
GET TO SEE THEM HERE IN ONE OF
THEIR FAVOURITE SPOTS.
THEY COME HERE EVERY YEAR.
Marla says OKAY ZOEY.
IF YOU KEEP SCANNING TOO WE'LL
BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHEN
THEY'RE ABOUT TO SURFACE AGAIN.
Zoey says OKAY.
HEY, THEY'RE HERE.
LOOK IT.
Marla says THAT'S THE MOMMY AND THE
CALF.
Zoey says LOOK IT.
THAT'S SO COOL.
Marla says THAT'S THE BABY JUST
BESIDE HER.
THAT CALF WILL NEVER GO FAR FROM
ITS MOM.
HERE IT COMES YOU CAN SEE THE
LITTLE WHITE HEAD.
THERE.
Zoey says WOW.
Marla says THIS BABY WAS BORN IN
MEXICO OVER THE WINTER.
Zoey says THAT'S CRAZY.
DOES IT STAY BY
ITS MOM THE
WHOLE TIME?
Marla says IT WILL CAUSE
IT NEEDS TO LEARN
EVERYTHING IT
NEEDS TO KNOW
ABOUT WHERE TO
FIND FOOD, HOW TO
MIGRATE FROM MEXICO
TO HERE, AND
MAYBE EVEN UP OFF ALASKA.
IT MIGHT EVEN GO ALL THE WAY UP
TO THE ARCTIC WITH ITS MOM.
Zoey says THAT'S AMAZING.
Marla says AND THEN HOW TO STAY AWAY
FROM KILLER WHALES AND HOW TO
REMEMBER HOW TO COME BACK HERE
ON ITS OWN BECAUSE PRETTY SOON
IT'S GONNA SEPARATE FROM ITS
MOM.
Zoey says UH-HUH.
Marla says AND THE NEXT TIME IT NEEDS
TO MAKE ITS MIGRATION IT WILL BE
ON ITS OWN.
Zoey says WHY DO THEY MIGRATE TO
MEXICO?
Marla says WELL THE WATER'S
WARMER THERE.
THAT'S FOR...
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE
TO WEAR THIS
CRAZY SUIT IF YOU
WERE IN MEXICO.
A LOT OF WHALES MAKE REALLY
EXTRAVAGANT MIGRATIONS.
MOVEMENTS BETWEEN WARM WATER AND
COLD WATER SO THAT THEY CAN FEED
WHERE THE WATER'S COLD LIKE
HERE.
THIS IS LIKE THE COLD WATER
SUPERMARKET AND UP OFF ALASKA
AND TO THE ARCTIC WHERE THE
WATER'S EVEN COLDER AND THERE'S
MORE NUTRIENTS IN THE WATER.
WHALES WILL MIGRATE TO PLACES
LIKE THAT BUT THEY'LL GO TO
MEXICO BECAUSE WHEN THE BABIES
ARE BORN THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT
OF FAT.
YOU NEED TO NURSE OFF YOUR
MOTHER'S MILK WHICH IS LIKE 50,
53 PERCENT MILK FAT.
IF IT CAN SPEND A FEW WEEKS
NURSING AND GETTING A NICE LAYER
OF BLUBBER THEN IT'S LIKE
WEARING A WET SUIT.
IT CAN MIGRATE TO COLDER WATER.
Zoey says THAT'S SO COOL.
Marla says IT'S GREAT
HAVING YOU ZOEY
AND I'M SO HAPPY
I COULD SHOW YOUR
FIRST GREAT
WHALES EVER.
Zoey says ME TOO.
They high-five.
Zoey takes her phone and says HERE'S A QUESTION FROM MADDY.
A girl with blond hair in a ponytail says WHY DO FISH SWIM UP THE STREAM
TO MIGRATE?
Zoey says YEAH.
I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED WHY SALMON
DO THAT.
IT SEEMS LIKE POOR PLANNING.
In animation, salmon go down a water slide and say YAY.
A salmon says TIME TO GO HOME.
UH-OH.
Zoey laughs and says I FOUND OUT THAT SALMON ARE JUST
GOING BACK HOME TO HAVE THEIR
BABIES.
THEY HAVE TO GO BACK UPSTREAM TO
DO THAT.
BUT HOW DO THEY KNOW?
IT'S STILL A BIG MYSTERY.
THERE ARE LOTS OF THEORIES.
SOME SCIENTISTS THINK THAT
SALMON USE THEIR SENSE OF SMELL.
An animated salmon with a big nose sniffs.
Zoey says THE EARTH IS ACTUALLY A
HUGE MAGNET.
SO OTHER SCIENTISTS THINK THAT
SALMON CAN TELL THE RIGHT WAY TO
GO BECAUSE THEIR BODIES SENSE
THE PULL OF THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC
FIELD.
The salmon holds a giant magnet and says COWABUNGA.
Zoey says BUT WHAT ABOUT BIRDS?
HERE'S A QUESTION.
A girl named Madeline says HOW DO MIGRATING BIRDS KNOW
WHERE TO GO WHEN THEY'VE NEVER
BEEN THERE?
Zoey follows instructions from the GPS on her phone.
The GPS voice says WALK STRAIGHT.
TURN LEFT.
WALK 3 PACES.
MAKE A U-TURN.
TAKE 2 STEPS AND TURN TO YOUR
RIGHT.
TAKE 2 SMALL STEPS AND YOU HAVE
ARRIVED.
Zoey says MY PHONE HAS A GPS PROGRAM THAT
TELLS ME WHERE TO GO.
SCIENTISTS THINK BIRDS MAY HAVE
SOMETHING SIMILAR AND THEY CAN
USE THE SUN AND STARS TO HELP
THEM FIND THEIR WAY.
HERE'S HOW STARS LOOK IN NORTH
AMERICA
An animation shows the Orion constellation.
The constellation flips and Zoey says AND HERE'S HOW THEY LOOK
IN SOUTH AMERICA.
Zoey says WHEN BIRDS ARE YOUNG THEY LEARN
WHAT THE STARS LOOK LIKE ON
THEIR TRIP SOUTH SO ON THE WAY
BACK ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS LOOK
UP AND THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE
GOING.
WOW.
BIRDS ARE SMART.
SPEAKING OF SMART, HERE'S A
SMART QUESTION FROM IPEK.
A girl with long red hair says CAN BIRDS FLY SUPER HIGH OVER
THE HIMALAYAS?
In animation, two pirates sail to the end of the Earth and fall down.
Pirates say ARGH! ARGH! ARGH!
(GASP) WOAH!
A caption reads "The flat Earth corner."
A caption reads "Charles Morton (educator). 1627-1698."
Dresses as Morton, Zoey says CAN BIRDS FLY OVER THE
HIMALAYAS, THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN
RANGE IN THE WORLD?
OF COURSE.
THAT'S NOTHING FOR BIRDS.
DO YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE THEY'RE FLYING TO THE
MOON.
THAT'S WHERE THEY GO IN WINTER.
WHAT OTHER EXPLANATION COULD
THERE POSSIBLY BE?
I'VE NEVER SEEN WHERE THEY GO
AND NEITHER HAVE ANY OF MY
FRIENDS SO OBVIOUSLY THEY GO TO
OUTER SPACE.
Back in the attic, Zoey says SO OLD CHARLES WAS DEFINITELY
NOT RIGHT ABOUT BIRDS GOING TO
THE MOON.
BUT HE WAS RIGHT ABOUT BIRDS
BEING ABLE TO FLY OVER THE
HIMALAYAS WHICH ARE ALMOST 9000
METRES HIGH.
THEY'RE AS HIGH AS SOME
AIRPLANES FLY.
THERE'S AT LEAST ONE BIRD THAT
CAN DO IT.
IT'S THE BAR-HEADED GOOSE AND IT
CAN FLY OVER THE HIMALAYAS IN
ONLY 8 HOURS.
ME?
I CAN'T EVEN WALK TO THE NEXT
TOWN IN 8 HOURS.
NEXT QUESTION.
A girl named Lola says DO BUGS MIGRATE?
Zoey says GREAT QUESTION LOLA.
I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT OF INSECTS
MIGRATING BUT I LOOKED IT UP AND
THERE'S ONE TYPE THAT GOES
PRETTY FAR EACH YEAR.
AND THAT'S THE MONARCH
BUTTERFLY.
THEY GO ALL THE WAY FROM CANADA
DOWN TO MEXICO AND THEY TRAVEL
ALMOST 5000 KILOMETRES BUT IT
LOOKS LIKE THEY NEED HELP.
ABOUT 9 OUT OF 10 MONARCH
BUTTERFLIES HAVE DISAPPEARED
BECAUSE THEIR HOME RANGES ARE
GETTING SMALLER.
THEIR FOOD IS BEING WIPED OUT BY
TOO MUCH SPRAYING OF HERBICIDES.
GOOD THING THERE'S A WAY WE CAN
HELP.
MY FRIENDS ALEYAN AND JONATHAN
HAVE ONE SOLUTION.
In animation, Zoey rubs a balloon on her head with the caption "The Experiment."
Aleyan is around 10, with shoulder length straight blond hair and wears jeans, a purple top and a gray cardigan sweater.
Jonathan is around 10, with short blond hair and wears glasses, jeans, a red T-shirt with a print on the front and a blue jacket.
Aleyan smells flowers in a garden and gives a thumb up.
Zoey says WOW, THIS GARDEN IS
BEAUTIFUL.
SO MANY NICE FLOWERS.
Jonathan says YEAH, IT'S A BUTTERFLY
GARDEN ZOEY.
Aleyan says BUTTERFLIES REALLY
LIKE THESE
FLOWERS.
IT HELPS THEM.
Zoey says HOW DO YOU MAKE A GARDEN FOR
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES?
Jonathan says YOU PLANT THESE
MILKWEED SEEDS.
Aleyan says THESE ARE THE
ONLY FLOWERS THAT
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
ACTUALLY
LEAVE THEIR EGGS ON AND THE ONLY
FLOWERS THAT THE CATERPILLARS
EAT FROM.
Jonathan says MONARCHS REALLY NEED
MILKWEED TO SURVIVE.
WITHOUT THEM THEY COULD DIE.
Jonathan waters the soil.
Aleyan says YAY.
YEAH AND YOU
CAN ALSO BUY
MILKWEED PLANTS
AT THE STORE AND
PLANT THEM OF COURSE.
Jonathan says IT'S BETTER IF YOU HAVE
A WHOLE LOT.
Zoey says HEY, WHAT'S WITH THE ROCKS?
Aleyan says BUTTERFLIES NEED TO BE
WARM TO FLY.
Jonathan says THE SUN WARMS UP THE
ROCKS SO THAT WAY BUTTERFLIES
LIKE TO WARM UP ON THEM.
Aleyan says AND THEY ALSO NEED WATER.
Zoey says WOW.
TALK ABOUT A MONARCH PARADISE.
IT WILL HELP THEM MIGRATE BUT
WHERE ARE THEY?
Aleyan says BE PATIENT.
Jonathan says THEY'LL COME.
Zoey says I HAVE AN IDEA.
Zoey adds animated butterflies to the clip.
Jonathan and Aleyan say GOOD ONE.
Jonathan says YOU REALLY GOT
US THIS TIME.
Zoey says BYE BYE BUTTERFLIES.
I WONDER HOW FAR OTHER ANIMALS
GO.
THANKFULLY ELENI IS ON THE SAME
WAVE LENGTH AS I AM.
A girl with straight brown hair in a ponytail says WHAT IS THE FURTHEST DISTANCE A
BIRD HAS EVER TRAVELLED AND HOW
LONG DID IT TAKE?
Zoey says NOW WE KNOW THAT FISH, BIRDS AND
INSECTS ALL CAN TRAVEL REALLY
FAR WHEN THEY MIGRATE BUT LET'S
SEE WHO CAN GO THE LONGEST
DISTANCE.
IT'S NOT A FISH.
IT'S NOT AN INSECT.
WOOHOO.
AND THE WINNER IS A BIRD CALLED
THE ARCTIC TERN.
THE ARCTIC TERN FLIES OVER
71,000 KILOMETRES EVERY YEAR.
IT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM THE
NORTH POLE TO THE SOUTH POLE AND
BACK AGAIN.
BUT HOW DO WE KNOW THAT?
HERE'S A QUESTION FROM HURYA.
A girl with wavy brown hair in a half ponytail says HOW DO WE TRACK ANIMALS THAT
MIGRATE?
Zoey plays the ukulele and sings a song that says SHE KNOWS ABOUT HOW BIRDS MOVE
BECAUSE BIRDS HAVE A LONG
DISTANCE TO PROVE.
IT'S BARBARA FRYE.
HI BARBARA.
Barbara walks in the attic.
Barbara is in her thirties, with long slightly wavy brown hair and wears jeans, brown boots and a mottled short-sleeved sweater.
Barbara says HI ZOEY.
THIS IS FOR YOU.
She gives Zoey a small metal cylinder.
Zoey says IS IT FOR MY HAIR?
Barbara says WELL, I SOMETIMES CALL IT BIRD
BLING BUT IT'S ACTUALLY NOT A
FASHION ACCESSORY.
IT'S A BIRD BAND AND IT'S HOW WE
TRACK MIGRATING BIRDS.
Zoey says GREAT.
NOW YOU CAN TRACK ME.
Barbara laughs and says GOOD ONE.
Zoey says HURYA WANTS TO
KNOW HOW YOU
TRACK ANIMALS
THAT MIGRATE?
Barbara says THERE'S LOTS OF
DIFFERENT WAYS
TO TRACK DIFFERENT
ANIMALS.
MY SPECIALTY
IS BIRDS.
SO FIRST, TO TRACK
THEM, YOU HAVE
TO CATCH THEM.
SO I CATCH THEM
USING THESE MIST
NETS.
NOW, MIST NETS THEY HANG UP AND
THEY LOOK LIKE THIN VOLLEYBALL
NETS BUT THEY HAVE SPECIAL
POCKETS THAT BIRDS CAN FLY IN.
WE PUT THEM UP EARLY IN THE
MORNING EVEN BEFORE THE SUN
COMES UP AND WE CATCH THE BIRDS
THAT MIGRATE THROUGH.
Zoey says DOES IT HURT THE BIRDS?
Barbara says NO.
WE USE THESE CAREFULLY DESIGNED
NETS AND WE ALSO HAVE TRAINING
SO WE KNOW HOW TO TAKE THEM OUT
OF THE NETS CAREFULLY.
AFTER WE CATCH
THE BIRDS WE PUT
THEM IN COTTON
BAGS TO KEEP THEM
CALM AND WARM.
THEN WE BRING THEM OVER TO BE
BANDED AT THE BANDING STATION.
NOW THE FIRST
THING I HAVE TO
DO WHEN I CATCH
A BIRD IS I NEED
TO KNOW WHAT
SPECIES IT IS.
SO I LOOK IN MY BIRD BOOKS AND I
LOOK AT THE COLOUR OF THE
PLUMAGE AND THEIR PATTERN.
EVEN THE SHAPE OF THEIR BILL,
THE COLOUR OF THEIR EYES TO GIVE
ME CLUES SO I KNOW WHAT SPECIES
IT IS.
THEN WHEN I KNOW WHAT SPECIES IT
IS I KNOW WHAT BAND SIZE TO PUT
ON BECAUSE THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT
SIZES FOR DIFFERENT SIZED BIRDS.
I PUT THEM ON WITH SPECIAL
BANDING PLIERS AROUND THEIR LEG
SO IT'S LIKE WEARING A BRACELET
OR A WRIST WATCH.
Zoey says DOES IT BOTHER THE BIRDS?
Barbara says NO.
THEY'RE SPECIALLY MADE AND
THEY'RE LIGHTWEIGHT ALUMINUM SO
THEY'RE VERY LIGHT TO CARRY.
SO AFTER THAT I MIGHT MEASURE
ITS WING TO SEE HOW BIG IT IS.
I MIGHT EVEN BLOW ON ITS CHEST
AND ITS BELLY TO LOOK AT THE
AMOUNT OF FAT THAT IT HAS PUT ON
BECAUSE BEFORE THEY MIGRATE
BIRDS HAVE TO EAT A LOT OF FOOD
AND GAIN A LOT OF FAT SO THEY
CAN DO THAT MIGRATION.
Zoey says YEAH.
Barbara says AND THEN THE LAST THING I'LL DO
IS I'LL USUALLY WEIGH IT AND
THEN OFF THE BIRD GOES.
Zoey says SO HOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT
GOES?
Barbara says WELL, THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE LIKE
ME WORKING ALL OVER THE WORLD
PUTTING UP MIST NETS SO WHEN I
BAND A BIRD, SAY IN CANADA,
SOMEBODY DOWN IN COLUMBIA IN
SOUTH AMERICA MIGHT CATCH AGAIN,
READ THAT BAND, AND KNOW EXACTLY
WHERE THAT BIRD CAME FROM.
Zoey says COOL.
Barbara says RECENTLY TECHNOLOGY HAS ALLOWED
US A NEW WAY TO TRACK BIRDS
USING THESE HIGH FREQUENCY RADIO
TAG NANO TRANSMITTERS.
NOW, RATHER THAN HAVING A UNIQUE
NUMBER THEY HAVE A UNIQUE SIGNAL
THAT THEY EMIT.
SO THEY JUST HAVE TO PASS BY
THESE BIG TOWERS WITH ANTENNA ON
THEM OR SOMETIMES I WALK AROUND
AND TRY TO FIND BIRDS WITH A
HANDHELD ANTENNA AND IT'S LIKE
YOU GOING TO A RADIO STATION AND
TURNING THE DIAL AND HEARING ALL
THE DIFFERENT SONGS, I CAN FIND
ALL THE DIFFERENT BIRDS I'VE
TAGGED.
Zoey says COOL.
SO, WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE BIRD?
Barbara says ZOEY, THAT'S A REALLY HARD
QUESTION BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
BIRDING SINCE I WAS 5 YEARS OLD.
MUCH YOUNGER
THAN YOU.
I WOULD HAVE TO
SAY IT'S A BIRD
CALLED THE BOBOLINK.
NOW THE BOBOLINK ISN'T THE
PRETTIEST BIRD TO LOOK AT BUT IT
HAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BUBBLY
HAPPY SONG THAT ALWAYS MAKES ME
SMILE.
A black bird with a yellow head appears.
Barbara says IT'S ALSO SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE
IT'S ONE OF THE FASTEST
DISAPPEARING OR DECLINING BIRDS
IN CANADA AND THAT'S REALLY
WORRISOME BECAUSE BIRDS HAVE A
UNIQUE ROLE JUST LIKE EVERY
OTHER SPECIES.
BIRDS EAT SEEDS AND INSECTS,
THEY MAKE HOLES IN TREES FOR
OTHER CREATURES TO LIVE IN AND
THE MORE SPECIES WE HAVE, OR THE
MORE BIODIVERSITY, THE HEALTHIER
THE PLANET IS AND THE LONGER AND
HAPPIER LIFE YOU AND I CAN LIVE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I DO
BIRD BANDING IS BECAUSE THAT WAY
WE CAN LEARN ABOUT WHERE BIRDS
GO, WHERE THEY STOP AND IF BIRDS
ARE DECLINING OR INCREASING AND
ALL THIS OTHER INFORMATION WE
CAN LEARN ABOUT THEM.
Zoey says WOW.
THANKS FOR PROTECTING THE BIRDS.
Barbara says WELL, IT'S A LOT
OF FUN AND MY
PRIVILEGE.
In animation, Zoey waves from the front door of the house, which rises on robot legs and walks away.
A caption reads "Do try this at home."
Zoey says I FOUND OUT BIRDS CAN GET
CONFUSED BY WINDOWS AND FLY INTO
THEM.
She plays with a puppet bird, knocks it on a window and says OW.
SORRY LITTLE BIRD.
BUT HERE'S A SECRET WEAPON TO
HELP THEM NEVER HIT A WINDOW
AGAIN.
A YELLOW HIGHLIGHTER.
I'M DOIN' IT.
I'M DOIN' IT.
She traces lines on the glass.
Zoey says BIRDS CAN SEE THINGS WE DON'T
AND THEY CAN SEE THE HIGHLIGHTER
INK VERY WELL SO THEY CAN AVOID
WINDOW PANE.
GET IT?
WINDOW "PAIN"?
(LAUGHING)
NEXT QUESTION.
A girl named Claire says WHAT CHALLENGES DO ANIMALS FACE
WHEN THEY'RE MIGRATING?
Zoey says THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT
CHALLENGES THEY FACE LIKE HAVING
TO GO A REALLY LONG DISTANCE AND
HAVING TO GO WITHOUT FOOD.
BUT ONE BIRD HAS A VERY SPECIAL
CHALLENGE.
SOME EMPEROR PENGUINS TRAVEL
NEARLY 300 KILOMETRES TO THEIR
NESTING GROUNDS.
THERE THE FEMALE LAYS A SINGLE
EGG AND HANDS IT OVER TO THE
MALE.
THE EGG CAN'T TOUCH THE GROUND
BECAUSE THE CHICK INSIDE WOULD
FREEZE.
THE FEMALE THEN GOES FISHING TO
FEED HER FAMILY.
SHE'LL BE GONE FOR 2 MONTHS.
THE MALE AND THE CHICK THAT HAS
HATCHED WAIT FOR HER WITHOUT
FOOD IN ICY TEMPERATURES.
BRRRR.
SPEAKING OF CHALLENGE.
IT'S TIME FOR... .
In animation, Zoey flexes his arm, and then picks up the whole Earth and spins it.
A caption reads "Migrate challenge."
Zoey says I'M GOING TO BE A CHALLENGER AND
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE...
EMPEROR PENGUINS.
Zoey and the contenders appear dressed as penguins.
(MAKING PENGUIN NOISES)
Zoey says MACK.
(MAKING PENGUIN NOISES)
Mack is around 12, with short wavy red hair.
Zoey says AND ADRIANO.
(MAKING PENGUIN NOISES)
Adriano is around 11, with short wavy red hair.
Zoey says YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE THE
DADDY PENGUINS.
NOEMI AND I... .
(MAKING PENGUIN NOISES)
Noemi is around 12, with long blond hair.
Zoey says ARE GOING TO BE THE MOMMY
PENGUINS.
WE HAVE TO PASS OUR EGGS TO THE
DADDY PENGUINS AND THE DADDY
PENGUINS ARE GOING TO KEEP THEM
WARM AS WE GO FISH TO FEED OUR
BABIES.
FIRST TEAM TO FEED THEIR BABIES
3 FISH WINS.
ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, GO.
Zoey says MOMMY PENGUINS FIRST HAVE
TO PASS THEIR EGG TO THE DADDIES
WITHOUT HAVING THEM TOUCH THE
ICE.
Mack says DARNIT.
Zoey says IF THEY DROP THE EGG THEY
HAVE TO START AGAIN.
Mack says WE'RE GONNA BREAK THESE
EGGS.
Zoey says OKAY, WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL.
READY?
GO.
DID YOU GET IT?
Mack says ALMOST.
Zoey says GET IT?
Mack says NOPE.
Zoey says GET IT?
YES.
OKAY, GO, GO, GO.
DON'T DROP IT.
REMEMBER DON'T DROP IT.
DADDIES HAVE TO WALK A FULL
CIRCLE WITH THEIR EGG AND THEIR
BABIES WILL HATCH.
Noemi says DON'T DROP IT.
Mack says DONE.
Zoey says BOTH TEAMS ARE DONE.
Mack says I'LL TAKE THIS OFF.
Adriano says PUT HIM ON QUICK.
OKAY, GO, GO, GO, GO.
Mack says GO.
Zoey says NOW MOMMY PENGUINS HAVE TO
CATCH 3 FISH AND BRING THEM BACK
TO FEED THEIR BABY.
Noemi says OH NO SHE GOT IT.
Zoey says OH NO.
Mack says COME ON QUICK.
SUPER QUICK.
Zoey says OH NO.
I CAN'T FIND A FISH.
(MAKING PENGUIN NOISES)
Zoey says TEAM ANTARCTICA, YOU GUYS WIN.
(MAKING PENGUIN NOISES)
Noemi and Adriano cheer and make penguin noises.
Zoey says WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO BE
PENGUINS?
(MAKING PENGUIN NOISES)
Everyone shakes their heads.
Zoey says WELL, THANKS FOR HELPING ME FIND
STUFF OUT.
WOW, THAT WAS GREAT.
SPEAKING OF GREAT, HERE'S A
GREAT QUESTION FROM ANDREW.
A boy with wavy brown hair says CAN HUMANS MIGRATE?
I CHECKED AND THE ANSWER IS YES.
PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS MOVED FROM
ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER FOR ALL
KINDS OF REASONS.
IT CAN BE TO ESCAPE POVERTY,
CONFLICTS AND WAR, NATURAL
DISASTERS, CLIMATE CHANGE OR TO
FIND WORK.
BUT BASICALLY IMMIGRANTS AND
REFUGEES MIGRATE IN HOPES OF
FINDING A BETTER LIFE AND FOR A
LOT OF THE SAME REASONS OTHER
CREATURES MIGRATE.
ANIMALS AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY
LOOKING FOR THE SAME THING.
A SAFE PLACE WITH FOOD AND
SHELTER AND I THINK THAT MEANS
WE'RE READY FOR OUR BIG ANSWER.
Gabriella says WHY DO SOME ANIMALS MIGRATE AND
SOME DON'T?
Zoey says WELL, GABRIELLA, THE BIG ANSWER
IS... ..
FOOD AND WARMTH.
SOME ANIMALS MIGRATE BECAUSE
THEY HAVE TO GET FOOD OR STAY
WARM.
SOME ANIMALS DON'T MIGRATE
BECAUSE THEY'RE ADAPTED TO WHERE
THEY LIVE AND OTHER ANIMALS JUST
SLEEP THE WHOLE WINTER AWAY.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO SLEEP ALL
WINTER LONG.
I CAN ADAPT BY PUTTING LOTS OF
LAYERS ON TO KEEP WARM BUT STILL
MAYBE NEXT WINTER I CAN GO DOWN
SOUTH WITH THE BUTTERFLIES.
AT LEAST I KNOW I'LL BE WARM IF
I FOLLOW THEM.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME FOR MORE
FINDING STUFF OUT.
The animated butterflies start chasing Zoey.
Zoey says WOOHOO.
I'M GOING WITH YOU BUTTERFLIES.
(music plays)
Captions appear that read "Thanks to everyone who helped me out, Zoey Siewert."
The end credits roll as the "Should I stay or should I go" song plays again.
An Apartment 11 Productions.
Produced in association with TVO Kids.
Logo: TVO Kids.
Copyright 2018, 9117-3112 Québec Inc.
The song goes
SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD
I GO?
COLD IS COMING ANY DAY.
I'M NOT SLEEPY LIKE A BEAR.
INSTEAD OF HERE I SHOULD GO
THERE.
WINTER'S GONNA BE BATTLE SO I
THINK I'LL JUST SKIDADDLE.
YEAH I THINK I'LL JUST
SKIDDADLE.
BYE.
In the attic, Zoey focuses the camera towards her and starts dancing around as animated stickers appear on the screen.
Zoey is around 12, with long wavy brown hair in a half ponytail. She wears a printed red dress, a denim vest, a beaded necklace and a watch.
(music plays)
Music grabs a ukulele and starts playing and sings a song as other Zoeys appear behind her doing different things.
The song goes MY NAME IS ZOEY
AND THIS IS MY SHOW
I'M FINDING STUFF OUT
THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW
JUST ASK ME A QUESTION
THAT I DON'T KNOW
THAT'S WHY "FINDING STUFF OUT."
IS THE NAME OF MY SHOW
Several kids pop up in frames of different shapes and colours.
The title Finding Stuff Out, where the letter O is replaced by a magnifying glass, appears several times on the screen.
The song continues SO JUST GIVE ME A SHOUT
AND WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT
WITH THE HELP
OF SOME FRIENDS
On her laptop screen roll different clips that show Zoey and her friends doing different activities as animated characters roll over the screen.
The song continues AND THE FUN NEVER ENDS
ON "FINDING STUFF OUT"
FINDING STUFF OUT
FINDING STUFF OUT
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT
YEAH
Wrapped in a blanket, Zoey says IT'S SO COLD.
HOW AM I GOING TO GET THROUGH
WINTER?
IT'S FREEZING OUTSIDE.
A clip shows kids doing fun activities in warm weather.
Zoey says WHOOPS.
YOU CAUGHT ME THERE.
I'LL ADMIT IT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY
WINTER YET BUT I'M PLANNING
AHEAD.
I KNOW THAT SOME BIRDS FLY SOUTH
TO GET OUT OF THE COLD.
IT'S CALLED MIGRATION AND I
WONDERED WHY WE DON'T DO THE
SAME THING.
IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A GOOD IDEA.
GABRIELLA HAD THE SAME QUESTION
I DID.
A girl with brown hair in pigtails says WHY DO SOME ANIMALS MIGRATE AND
SOME DON'T?
Zoey says I DON'T KNOW GABRIELLA BUT I
PROMISE TO HAVE THE ANSWER BY
THE END OF THE SHOW.
JACOB HAS ANOTHER GREAT
QUESTION.
A boy with curly brown hair says WHAT KIND OF ANIMALS MIGRATE?
Zoey says AT FIRST I THOUGHT ONLY BIRDS
MIGRATED BUT I CHECKED AND FOUND
OUT ALL KINDS OF OTHER ANIMALS
MIGRATE LIKE REINDEER, WHALES,
SALMON AND EVEN PENGUINS BUT
THEY'RE ALL SO DIFFERENT.
I DON'T KNOW YET WHY THOSE
SPECIFIC ANIMALS MIGRATE AND
OTHERS DON'T BUT HERE'S WHAT I
DID FIND OUT.
SOME ANIMALS DON'T HAVE TO
MIGRATE BECAUSE THEY'RE ADAPTED
TO WINTER.
FOR EXAMPLE, SNOW SHOE RABBIT'S
FUR TURNS WHITE IN THE WINTER
AND HELPS THEM BLEND IN WITH THE
SNOW TO PROTECT THEM FROM
PREDATORS.
WHILE IN THE SUMMER AND FALL
THEIR COATS KEEP THEM
CAMOUFLAGED AND SOME ANIMALS
LIKE BATS AND BEARS DON'T NEED
TO MIGRATE EITHER.
THEY JUST SAY "NAH,
I JUST WANT TO SLEEP."
SO THEY HIBERNATE FOR THE ENTIRE
WINTER.
SO SOME ANIMALS MIGRATE.
SOME ADAPT.
SOME HIBERNATE.
I FEEL A SONG COMING ON.
(music plays)
Dressed as a bird, Zoey says SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I
GO?
THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF
SNOW.
I NEED SEEDS AND BUGS TO EAT
BUT THE SNOW WILL FREEZE MY
TREATS.
I DON'T HAVE A FURY COAT OR A
WARM BARN LIKE A GOAT.
I THINK I'M GETTING A SORE
THROAT.
(COUGHS)
SHOULD I GO OR SHOULD I
STAY?
COLD IS COMING ANY DAY.
I'M NOT SLEEPY LIKE A
BEAR.
INSTEAD OF HERE I SHOULD GO
THERE.
WINTER'S GONNA BE BATTLE SO I
THINK I'LL JUST SKIDADDLE.
YEAH I THINK I'LL JUST
SKIDADDLE.
BYE.
Back in the attic, Zoey says MIGRATE?
HIBERNATE?
OR ADAPT TO WINTER?
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
I ASKED SOME OF MY FRIENDS WHAT
THEY THINK.
A caption reads "Ask a friend."
A girl with blond hair in a ponytail says HIBERNATE BECAUSE I LIKE
SLEEPING LIKE SLEEPING IN SO I
THINK THAT I WOULD LIKE THAT.
Another blond girl says I WOULD RATHER MIGRATE TO A
TROPICAL ISLAND.
RELAX.
A boy with straight brown hair says I WOULD MIGRATE BECAUSE I LIKE
GOING NEW PLACES.
A third blond girl says ADAPT AND HAVE WHITE FUR.
A boy with curly light brown hair says I WOULD RATHER ADAPT BECAUSE I
LIKE THE SNOW AND I WOULDN'T
HAVE TO SLEEP.
Another blond girl says I WOULD LIKE TO BE IN A TROPICAL
ISLAND BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY
IN THE SNOW.
A blond boy says HIBERNATE BECAUSE I COULD BE
WARM IN A CAVE.
Zoey laughs and says ME?
I WOULD DEFINITELY MIGRATE.
SUN, BEACH, NO SNOW BUT I'D WANT
TO STAY THERE ALL THE TIME WHICH
REMINDS ME OF A GREAT QUESTION I
GOT FROM RUBY.
A girl with curly brown hair says ONCE AN ANIMAL MIGRATES WHY
DON'T THEY JUST STAY THERE?
On a pier, Zoey says GREAT QUESTION RUBY.
WHICH IS WHY I DECIDED TO CALL A
SERIOUS MIGRATION EXPERT MARINE
BIOLOGIST MARLA BARKER.
HI MARLA.
Marla is in her thirties, with brown hair in a ponytail and wears a brown hooded jacket, gray trousers and a backpack on the front.
Marla says HOW ARE YA?
Zoey says GOOD, HOW ARE YOU?
WELL, YUP, WE'RE READY TO GO.
ARE YOU READY?
Zoey says YEAH.
They get on a boat.
Marla says HOLD ON ZOEY.
Zoey says ALRIGHT.
Marla says OFF WE GO.
Zoey says MARLA IS TAKING ME OUT TO
SEE SOME GREY WHALES.
WHOA.
THEY'RE ONE OF THE ANIMALS THAT
MIGRATE AND IF WE'RE LUCKY WE'LL
GET TO SEE THEM HERE IN ONE OF
THEIR FAVOURITE SPOTS.
THEY COME HERE EVERY YEAR.
Marla says OKAY ZOEY.
IF YOU KEEP SCANNING TOO WE'LL
BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHEN
THEY'RE ABOUT TO SURFACE AGAIN.
Zoey says OKAY.
HEY, THEY'RE HERE.
LOOK IT.
Marla says THAT'S THE MOMMY AND THE
CALF.
Zoey says LOOK IT.
THAT'S SO COOL.
Marla says THAT'S THE BABY JUST
BESIDE HER.
THAT CALF WILL NEVER GO FAR FROM
ITS MOM.
HERE IT COMES YOU CAN SEE THE
LITTLE WHITE HEAD.
THERE.
Zoey says WOW.
Marla says THIS BABY WAS BORN IN
MEXICO OVER THE WINTER.
Zoey says THAT'S CRAZY.
DOES IT STAY BY
ITS MOM THE
WHOLE TIME?
Marla says IT WILL CAUSE
IT NEEDS TO LEARN
EVERYTHING IT
NEEDS TO KNOW
ABOUT WHERE TO
FIND FOOD, HOW TO
MIGRATE FROM MEXICO
TO HERE, AND
MAYBE EVEN UP OFF ALASKA.
IT MIGHT EVEN GO ALL THE WAY UP
TO THE ARCTIC WITH ITS MOM.
Zoey says THAT'S AMAZING.
Marla says AND THEN HOW TO STAY AWAY
FROM KILLER WHALES AND HOW TO
REMEMBER HOW TO COME BACK HERE
ON ITS OWN BECAUSE PRETTY SOON
IT'S GONNA SEPARATE FROM ITS
MOM.
Zoey says UH-HUH.
Marla says AND THE NEXT TIME IT NEEDS
TO MAKE ITS MIGRATION IT WILL BE
ON ITS OWN.
Zoey says WHY DO THEY MIGRATE TO
MEXICO?
Marla says WELL THE WATER'S
WARMER THERE.
THAT'S FOR...
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE
TO WEAR THIS
CRAZY SUIT IF YOU
WERE IN MEXICO.
A LOT OF WHALES MAKE REALLY
EXTRAVAGANT MIGRATIONS.
MOVEMENTS BETWEEN WARM WATER AND
COLD WATER SO THAT THEY CAN FEED
WHERE THE WATER'S COLD LIKE
HERE.
THIS IS LIKE THE COLD WATER
SUPERMARKET AND UP OFF ALASKA
AND TO THE ARCTIC WHERE THE
WATER'S EVEN COLDER AND THERE'S
MORE NUTRIENTS IN THE WATER.
WHALES WILL MIGRATE TO PLACES
LIKE THAT BUT THEY'LL GO TO
MEXICO BECAUSE WHEN THE BABIES
ARE BORN THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT
OF FAT.
YOU NEED TO NURSE OFF YOUR
MOTHER'S MILK WHICH IS LIKE 50,
53 PERCENT MILK FAT.
IF IT CAN SPEND A FEW WEEKS
NURSING AND GETTING A NICE LAYER
OF BLUBBER THEN IT'S LIKE
WEARING A WET SUIT.
IT CAN MIGRATE TO COLDER WATER.
Zoey says THAT'S SO COOL.
Marla says IT'S GREAT
HAVING YOU ZOEY
AND I'M SO HAPPY
I COULD SHOW YOUR
FIRST GREAT
WHALES EVER.
Zoey says ME TOO.
They high-five.
Zoey takes her phone and says HERE'S A QUESTION FROM MADDY.
A girl with blond hair in a ponytail says WHY DO FISH SWIM UP THE STREAM
TO MIGRATE?
Zoey says YEAH.
I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED WHY SALMON
DO THAT.
IT SEEMS LIKE POOR PLANNING.
In animation, salmon go down a water slide and say YAY.
A salmon says TIME TO GO HOME.
UH-OH.
Zoey laughs and says I FOUND OUT THAT SALMON ARE JUST
GOING BACK HOME TO HAVE THEIR
BABIES.
THEY HAVE TO GO BACK UPSTREAM TO
DO THAT.
BUT HOW DO THEY KNOW?
IT'S STILL A BIG MYSTERY.
THERE ARE LOTS OF THEORIES.
SOME SCIENTISTS THINK THAT
SALMON USE THEIR SENSE OF SMELL.
An animated salmon with a big nose sniffs.
Zoey says THE EARTH IS ACTUALLY A
HUGE MAGNET.
SO OTHER SCIENTISTS THINK THAT
SALMON CAN TELL THE RIGHT WAY TO
GO BECAUSE THEIR BODIES SENSE
THE PULL OF THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC
FIELD.
The salmon holds a giant magnet and says COWABUNGA.
Zoey says BUT WHAT ABOUT BIRDS?
HERE'S A QUESTION.
A girl named Madeline says HOW DO MIGRATING BIRDS KNOW
WHERE TO GO WHEN THEY'VE NEVER
BEEN THERE?
Zoey follows instructions from the GPS on her phone.
The GPS voice says WALK STRAIGHT.
TURN LEFT.
WALK 3 PACES.
MAKE A U-TURN.
TAKE 2 STEPS AND TURN TO YOUR
RIGHT.
TAKE 2 SMALL STEPS AND YOU HAVE
ARRIVED.
Zoey says MY PHONE HAS A GPS PROGRAM THAT
TELLS ME WHERE TO GO.
SCIENTISTS THINK BIRDS MAY HAVE
SOMETHING SIMILAR AND THEY CAN
USE THE SUN AND STARS TO HELP
THEM FIND THEIR WAY.
HERE'S HOW STARS LOOK IN NORTH
AMERICA
An animation shows the Orion constellation.
The constellation flips and Zoey says AND HERE'S HOW THEY LOOK
IN SOUTH AMERICA.
Zoey says WHEN BIRDS ARE YOUNG THEY LEARN
WHAT THE STARS LOOK LIKE ON
THEIR TRIP SOUTH SO ON THE WAY
BACK ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS LOOK
UP AND THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE
GOING.
WOW.
BIRDS ARE SMART.
SPEAKING OF SMART, HERE'S A
SMART QUESTION FROM IPEK.
A girl with long red hair says CAN BIRDS FLY SUPER HIGH OVER
THE HIMALAYAS?
In animation, two pirates sail to the end of the Earth and fall down.
Pirates say ARGH! ARGH! ARGH!
(GASP) WOAH!
A caption reads "The flat Earth corner."
A caption reads "Charles Morton (educator). 1627-1698."
Dresses as Morton, Zoey says CAN BIRDS FLY OVER THE
HIMALAYAS, THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN
RANGE IN THE WORLD?
OF COURSE.
THAT'S NOTHING FOR BIRDS.
DO YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE THEY'RE FLYING TO THE
MOON.
THAT'S WHERE THEY GO IN WINTER.
WHAT OTHER EXPLANATION COULD
THERE POSSIBLY BE?
I'VE NEVER SEEN WHERE THEY GO
AND NEITHER HAVE ANY OF MY
FRIENDS SO OBVIOUSLY THEY GO TO
OUTER SPACE.
Back in the attic, Zoey says SO OLD CHARLES WAS DEFINITELY
NOT RIGHT ABOUT BIRDS GOING TO
THE MOON.
BUT HE WAS RIGHT ABOUT BIRDS
BEING ABLE TO FLY OVER THE
HIMALAYAS WHICH ARE ALMOST 9000
METRES HIGH.
THEY'RE AS HIGH AS SOME
AIRPLANES FLY.
THERE'S AT LEAST ONE BIRD THAT
CAN DO IT.
IT'S THE BAR-HEADED GOOSE AND IT
CAN FLY OVER THE HIMALAYAS IN
ONLY 8 HOURS.
ME?
I CAN'T EVEN WALK TO THE NEXT
TOWN IN 8 HOURS.
NEXT QUESTION.
A girl named Lola says DO BUGS MIGRATE?
Zoey says GREAT QUESTION LOLA.
I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT OF INSECTS
MIGRATING BUT I LOOKED IT UP AND
THERE'S ONE TYPE THAT GOES
PRETTY FAR EACH YEAR.
AND THAT'S THE MONARCH
BUTTERFLY.
THEY GO ALL THE WAY FROM CANADA
DOWN TO MEXICO AND THEY TRAVEL
ALMOST 5000 KILOMETRES BUT IT
LOOKS LIKE THEY NEED HELP.
ABOUT 9 OUT OF 10 MONARCH
BUTTERFLIES HAVE DISAPPEARED
BECAUSE THEIR HOME RANGES ARE
GETTING SMALLER.
THEIR FOOD IS BEING WIPED OUT BY
TOO MUCH SPRAYING OF HERBICIDES.
GOOD THING THERE'S A WAY WE CAN
HELP.
MY FRIENDS ALEYAN AND JONATHAN
HAVE ONE SOLUTION.
In animation, Zoey rubs a balloon on her head with the caption "The Experiment."
Aleyan is around 10, with shoulder length straight blond hair and wears jeans, a purple top and a gray cardigan sweater.
Jonathan is around 10, with short blond hair and wears glasses, jeans, a red T-shirt with a print on the front and a blue jacket.
Aleyan smells flowers in a garden and gives a thumb up.
Zoey says WOW, THIS GARDEN IS
BEAUTIFUL.
SO MANY NICE FLOWERS.
Jonathan says YEAH, IT'S A BUTTERFLY
GARDEN ZOEY.
Aleyan says BUTTERFLIES REALLY
LIKE THESE
FLOWERS.
IT HELPS THEM.
Zoey says HOW DO YOU MAKE A GARDEN FOR
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES?
Jonathan says YOU PLANT THESE
MILKWEED SEEDS.
Aleyan says THESE ARE THE
ONLY FLOWERS THAT
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
ACTUALLY
LEAVE THEIR EGGS ON AND THE ONLY
FLOWERS THAT THE CATERPILLARS
EAT FROM.
Jonathan says MONARCHS REALLY NEED
MILKWEED TO SURVIVE.
WITHOUT THEM THEY COULD DIE.
Jonathan waters the soil.
Aleyan says YAY.
YEAH AND YOU
CAN ALSO BUY
MILKWEED PLANTS
AT THE STORE AND
PLANT THEM OF COURSE.
Jonathan says IT'S BETTER IF YOU HAVE
A WHOLE LOT.
Zoey says HEY, WHAT'S WITH THE ROCKS?
Aleyan says BUTTERFLIES NEED TO BE
WARM TO FLY.
Jonathan says THE SUN WARMS UP THE
ROCKS SO THAT WAY BUTTERFLIES
LIKE TO WARM UP ON THEM.
Aleyan says AND THEY ALSO NEED WATER.
Zoey says WOW.
TALK ABOUT A MONARCH PARADISE.
IT WILL HELP THEM MIGRATE BUT
WHERE ARE THEY?
Aleyan says BE PATIENT.
Jonathan says THEY'LL COME.
Zoey says I HAVE AN IDEA.
Zoey adds animated butterflies to the clip.
Jonathan and Aleyan say GOOD ONE.
Jonathan says YOU REALLY GOT
US THIS TIME.
Zoey says BYE BYE BUTTERFLIES.
I WONDER HOW FAR OTHER ANIMALS
GO.
THANKFULLY ELENI IS ON THE SAME
WAVE LENGTH AS I AM.
A girl with straight brown hair in a ponytail says WHAT IS THE FURTHEST DISTANCE A
BIRD HAS EVER TRAVELLED AND HOW
LONG DID IT TAKE?
Zoey says NOW WE KNOW THAT FISH, BIRDS AND
INSECTS ALL CAN TRAVEL REALLY
FAR WHEN THEY MIGRATE BUT LET'S
SEE WHO CAN GO THE LONGEST
DISTANCE.
IT'S NOT A FISH.
IT'S NOT AN INSECT.
WOOHOO.
AND THE WINNER IS A BIRD CALLED
THE ARCTIC TERN.
THE ARCTIC TERN FLIES OVER
71,000 KILOMETRES EVERY YEAR.
IT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM THE
NORTH POLE TO THE SOUTH POLE AND
BACK AGAIN.
BUT HOW DO WE KNOW THAT?
HERE'S A QUESTION FROM HURYA.
A girl with wavy brown hair in a half ponytail says HOW DO WE TRACK ANIMALS THAT
MIGRATE?
Zoey plays the ukulele and sings a song that says SHE KNOWS ABOUT HOW BIRDS MOVE
BECAUSE BIRDS HAVE A LONG
DISTANCE TO PROVE.
IT'S BARBARA FRYE.
HI BARBARA.
Barbara walks in the attic.
Barbara is in her thirties, with long slightly wavy brown hair and wears jeans, brown boots and a mottled short-sleeved sweater.
Barbara says HI ZOEY.
THIS IS FOR YOU.
She gives Zoey a small metal cylinder.
Zoey says IS IT FOR MY HAIR?
Barbara says WELL, I SOMETIMES CALL IT BIRD
BLING BUT IT'S ACTUALLY NOT A
FASHION ACCESSORY.
IT'S A BIRD BAND AND IT'S HOW WE
TRACK MIGRATING BIRDS.
Zoey says GREAT.
NOW YOU CAN TRACK ME.
Barbara laughs and says GOOD ONE.
Zoey says HURYA WANTS TO
KNOW HOW YOU
TRACK ANIMALS
THAT MIGRATE?
Barbara says THERE'S LOTS OF
DIFFERENT WAYS
TO TRACK DIFFERENT
ANIMALS.
MY SPECIALTY
IS BIRDS.
SO FIRST, TO TRACK
THEM, YOU HAVE
TO CATCH THEM.
SO I CATCH THEM
USING THESE MIST
NETS.
NOW, MIST NETS THEY HANG UP AND
THEY LOOK LIKE THIN VOLLEYBALL
NETS BUT THEY HAVE SPECIAL
POCKETS THAT BIRDS CAN FLY IN.
WE PUT THEM UP EARLY IN THE
MORNING EVEN BEFORE THE SUN
COMES UP AND WE CATCH THE BIRDS
THAT MIGRATE THROUGH.
Zoey says DOES IT HURT THE BIRDS?
Barbara says NO.
WE USE THESE CAREFULLY DESIGNED
NETS AND WE ALSO HAVE TRAINING
SO WE KNOW HOW TO TAKE THEM OUT
OF THE NETS CAREFULLY.
AFTER WE CATCH
THE BIRDS WE PUT
THEM IN COTTON
BAGS TO KEEP THEM
CALM AND WARM.
THEN WE BRING THEM OVER TO BE
BANDED AT THE BANDING STATION.
NOW THE FIRST
THING I HAVE TO
DO WHEN I CATCH
A BIRD IS I NEED
TO KNOW WHAT
SPECIES IT IS.
SO I LOOK IN MY BIRD BOOKS AND I
LOOK AT THE COLOUR OF THE
PLUMAGE AND THEIR PATTERN.
EVEN THE SHAPE OF THEIR BILL,
THE COLOUR OF THEIR EYES TO GIVE
ME CLUES SO I KNOW WHAT SPECIES
IT IS.
THEN WHEN I KNOW WHAT SPECIES IT
IS I KNOW WHAT BAND SIZE TO PUT
ON BECAUSE THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT
SIZES FOR DIFFERENT SIZED BIRDS.
I PUT THEM ON WITH SPECIAL
BANDING PLIERS AROUND THEIR LEG
SO IT'S LIKE WEARING A BRACELET
OR A WRIST WATCH.
Zoey says DOES IT BOTHER THE BIRDS?
Barbara says NO.
THEY'RE SPECIALLY MADE AND
THEY'RE LIGHTWEIGHT ALUMINUM SO
THEY'RE VERY LIGHT TO CARRY.
SO AFTER THAT I MIGHT MEASURE
ITS WING TO SEE HOW BIG IT IS.
I MIGHT EVEN BLOW ON ITS CHEST
AND ITS BELLY TO LOOK AT THE
AMOUNT OF FAT THAT IT HAS PUT ON
BECAUSE BEFORE THEY MIGRATE
BIRDS HAVE TO EAT A LOT OF FOOD
AND GAIN A LOT OF FAT SO THEY
CAN DO THAT MIGRATION.
Zoey says YEAH.
Barbara says AND THEN THE LAST THING I'LL DO
IS I'LL USUALLY WEIGH IT AND
THEN OFF THE BIRD GOES.
Zoey says SO HOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT
GOES?
Barbara says WELL, THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE LIKE
ME WORKING ALL OVER THE WORLD
PUTTING UP MIST NETS SO WHEN I
BAND A BIRD, SAY IN CANADA,
SOMEBODY DOWN IN COLUMBIA IN
SOUTH AMERICA MIGHT CATCH AGAIN,
READ THAT BAND, AND KNOW EXACTLY
WHERE THAT BIRD CAME FROM.
Zoey says COOL.
Barbara says RECENTLY TECHNOLOGY HAS ALLOWED
US A NEW WAY TO TRACK BIRDS
USING THESE HIGH FREQUENCY RADIO
TAG NANO TRANSMITTERS.
NOW, RATHER THAN HAVING A UNIQUE
NUMBER THEY HAVE A UNIQUE SIGNAL
THAT THEY EMIT.
SO THEY JUST HAVE TO PASS BY
THESE BIG TOWERS WITH ANTENNA ON
THEM OR SOMETIMES I WALK AROUND
AND TRY TO FIND BIRDS WITH A
HANDHELD ANTENNA AND IT'S LIKE
YOU GOING TO A RADIO STATION AND
TURNING THE DIAL AND HEARING ALL
THE DIFFERENT SONGS, I CAN FIND
ALL THE DIFFERENT BIRDS I'VE
TAGGED.
Zoey says COOL.
SO, WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE BIRD?
Barbara says ZOEY, THAT'S A REALLY HARD
QUESTION BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
BIRDING SINCE I WAS 5 YEARS OLD.
MUCH YOUNGER
THAN YOU.
I WOULD HAVE TO
SAY IT'S A BIRD
CALLED THE BOBOLINK.
NOW THE BOBOLINK ISN'T THE
PRETTIEST BIRD TO LOOK AT BUT IT
HAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BUBBLY
HAPPY SONG THAT ALWAYS MAKES ME
SMILE.
A black bird with a yellow head appears.
Barbara says IT'S ALSO SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE
IT'S ONE OF THE FASTEST
DISAPPEARING OR DECLINING BIRDS
IN CANADA AND THAT'S REALLY
WORRISOME BECAUSE BIRDS HAVE A
UNIQUE ROLE JUST LIKE EVERY
OTHER SPECIES.
BIRDS EAT SEEDS AND INSECTS,
THEY MAKE HOLES IN TREES FOR
OTHER CREATURES TO LIVE IN AND
THE MORE SPECIES WE HAVE, OR THE
MORE BIODIVERSITY, THE HEALTHIER
THE PLANET IS AND THE LONGER AND
HAPPIER LIFE YOU AND I CAN LIVE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I DO
BIRD BANDING IS BECAUSE THAT WAY
WE CAN LEARN ABOUT WHERE BIRDS
GO, WHERE THEY STOP AND IF BIRDS
ARE DECLINING OR INCREASING AND
ALL THIS OTHER INFORMATION WE
CAN LEARN ABOUT THEM.
Zoey says WOW.
THANKS FOR PROTECTING THE BIRDS.
Barbara says WELL, IT'S A LOT
OF FUN AND MY
PRIVILEGE.
In animation, Zoey waves from the front door of the house, which rises on robot legs and walks away.
A caption reads "Do try this at home."
Zoey says I FOUND OUT BIRDS CAN GET
CONFUSED BY WINDOWS AND FLY INTO
THEM.
She plays with a puppet bird, knocks it on a window and says OW.
SORRY LITTLE BIRD.
BUT HERE'S A SECRET WEAPON TO
HELP THEM NEVER HIT A WINDOW
AGAIN.
A YELLOW HIGHLIGHTER.
I'M DOIN' IT.
I'M DOIN' IT.
She traces lines on the glass.
Zoey says BIRDS CAN SEE THINGS WE DON'T
AND THEY CAN SEE THE HIGHLIGHTER
INK VERY WELL SO THEY CAN AVOID
WINDOW PANE.
GET IT?
WINDOW "PAIN"?
(LAUGHING)
NEXT QUESTION.
A girl named Claire says WHAT CHALLENGES DO ANIMALS FACE
WHEN THEY'RE MIGRATING?
Zoey says THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT
CHALLENGES THEY FACE LIKE HAVING
TO GO A REALLY LONG DISTANCE AND
HAVING TO GO WITHOUT FOOD.
BUT ONE BIRD HAS A VERY SPECIAL
CHALLENGE.
SOME EMPEROR PENGUINS TRAVEL
NEARLY 300 KILOMETRES TO THEIR
NESTING GROUNDS.
THERE THE FEMALE LAYS A SINGLE
EGG AND HANDS IT OVER TO THE
MALE.
THE EGG CAN'T TOUCH THE GROUND
BECAUSE THE CHICK INSIDE WOULD
FREEZE.
THE FEMALE THEN GOES FISHING TO
FEED HER FAMILY.
SHE'LL BE GONE FOR 2 MONTHS.
THE MALE AND THE CHICK THAT HAS
HATCHED WAIT FOR HER WITHOUT
FOOD IN ICY TEMPERATURES.
BRRRR.
SPEAKING OF CHALLENGE.
IT'S TIME FOR... .
In animation, Zoey flexes his arm, and then picks up the whole Earth and spins it.
A caption reads "Migrate challenge."
Zoey says I'M GOING TO BE A CHALLENGER AND
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE...
EMPEROR PENGUINS.
Zoey and the contenders appear dressed as penguins.
(MAKING PENGUIN NOISES)
Zoey says MACK.
(MAKING PENGUIN NOISES)
Mack is around 12, with short wavy red hair.
Zoey says AND ADRIANO.
(MAKING PENGUIN NOISES)
Adriano is around 11, with short wavy red hair.
Zoey says YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE THE
DADDY PENGUINS.
NOEMI AND I... .
(MAKING PENGUIN NOISES)
Noemi is around 12, with long blond hair.
Zoey says ARE GOING TO BE THE MOMMY
PENGUINS.
WE HAVE TO PASS OUR EGGS TO THE
DADDY PENGUINS AND THE DADDY
PENGUINS ARE GOING TO KEEP THEM
WARM AS WE GO FISH TO FEED OUR
BABIES.
FIRST TEAM TO FEED THEIR BABIES
3 FISH WINS.
ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, GO.
Zoey says MOMMY PENGUINS FIRST HAVE
TO PASS THEIR EGG TO THE DADDIES
WITHOUT HAVING THEM TOUCH THE
ICE.
Mack says DARNIT.
Zoey says IF THEY DROP THE EGG THEY
HAVE TO START AGAIN.
Mack says WE'RE GONNA BREAK THESE
EGGS.
Zoey says OKAY, WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL.
READY?
GO.
DID YOU GET IT?
Mack says ALMOST.
Zoey says GET IT?
Mack says NOPE.
Zoey says GET IT?
YES.
OKAY, GO, GO, GO.
DON'T DROP IT.
REMEMBER DON'T DROP IT.
DADDIES HAVE TO WALK A FULL
CIRCLE WITH THEIR EGG AND THEIR
BABIES WILL HATCH.
Noemi says DON'T DROP IT.
Mack says DONE.
Zoey says BOTH TEAMS ARE DONE.
Mack says I'LL TAKE THIS OFF.
Adriano says PUT HIM ON QUICK.
OKAY, GO, GO, GO, GO.
Mack says GO.
Zoey says NOW MOMMY PENGUINS HAVE TO
CATCH 3 FISH AND BRING THEM BACK
TO FEED THEIR BABY.
Noemi says OH NO SHE GOT IT.
Zoey says OH NO.
Mack says COME ON QUICK.
SUPER QUICK.
Zoey says OH NO.
I CAN'T FIND A FISH.
(MAKING PENGUIN NOISES)
Zoey says TEAM ANTARCTICA, YOU GUYS WIN.
(MAKING PENGUIN NOISES)
Noemi and Adriano cheer and make penguin noises.
Zoey says WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO BE
PENGUINS?
(MAKING PENGUIN NOISES)
Everyone shakes their heads.
Zoey says WELL, THANKS FOR HELPING ME FIND
STUFF OUT.
WOW, THAT WAS GREAT.
SPEAKING OF GREAT, HERE'S A
GREAT QUESTION FROM ANDREW.
A boy with wavy brown hair says CAN HUMANS MIGRATE?
I CHECKED AND THE ANSWER IS YES.
PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS MOVED FROM
ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER FOR ALL
KINDS OF REASONS.
IT CAN BE TO ESCAPE POVERTY,
CONFLICTS AND WAR, NATURAL
DISASTERS, CLIMATE CHANGE OR TO
FIND WORK.
BUT BASICALLY IMMIGRANTS AND
REFUGEES MIGRATE IN HOPES OF
FINDING A BETTER LIFE AND FOR A
LOT OF THE SAME REASONS OTHER
CREATURES MIGRATE.
ANIMALS AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY
LOOKING FOR THE SAME THING.
A SAFE PLACE WITH FOOD AND
SHELTER AND I THINK THAT MEANS
WE'RE READY FOR OUR BIG ANSWER.
Gabriella says WHY DO SOME ANIMALS MIGRATE AND
SOME DON'T?
Zoey says WELL, GABRIELLA, THE BIG ANSWER
IS... ..
FOOD AND WARMTH.
SOME ANIMALS MIGRATE BECAUSE
THEY HAVE TO GET FOOD OR STAY
WARM.
SOME ANIMALS DON'T MIGRATE
BECAUSE THEY'RE ADAPTED TO WHERE
THEY LIVE AND OTHER ANIMALS JUST
SLEEP THE WHOLE WINTER AWAY.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO SLEEP ALL
WINTER LONG.
I CAN ADAPT BY PUTTING LOTS OF
LAYERS ON TO KEEP WARM BUT STILL
MAYBE NEXT WINTER I CAN GO DOWN
SOUTH WITH THE BUTTERFLIES.
AT LEAST I KNOW I'LL BE WARM IF
I FOLLOW THEM.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME FOR MORE
FINDING STUFF OUT.
The animated butterflies start chasing Zoey.
Zoey says WOOHOO.
I'M GOING WITH YOU BUTTERFLIES.
(music plays)
Captions appear that read "Thanks to everyone who helped me out, Zoey Siewert."
The end credits roll as the "Should I stay or should I go" song plays again.
An Apartment 11 Productions.
Produced in association with TVO Kids.
Logo: TVO Kids.
Copyright 2018, 9117-3112 Québec Inc.
The song goes
SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD
I GO?
COLD IS COMING ANY DAY.
I'M NOT SLEEPY LIKE A BEAR.
INSTEAD OF HERE I SHOULD GO
THERE.
WINTER'S GONNA BE BATTLE SO I
THINK I'LL JUST SKIDADDLE.
YEAH I THINK I'LL JUST
SKIDDADLE.
BYE.
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