https://glendalarke.com/2009/07/fantastic-journey/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:31:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://glendalarke.com/2009/07/fantastic-journey/#comment-20711 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:50:49 +0000 #comment-20711 I didn't know that about the terns. Lucky birds, I wish we could see a summer let alone never see a winter. Hope its warm in VA, it sure isn't here – if it gets warm at all it still stays dull.

]]> https://glendalarke.com/2009/07/fantastic-journey/#comment-20710 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:14:04 +0000 #comment-20710 The hummers are remarkable because of their tiny size, but it is far from the longest bird migration. That rests with some of the oceanic birds – terns and shearwaters. The tern covers 24,000 miles a year, from Arctic to Antarctic – that's 38,000 kms – and it never sees a winter.

]]> https://glendalarke.com/2009/07/fantastic-journey/#comment-20709 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:14:03 +0000 #comment-20709 The hummers are remarkable because of their tiny size, but it is far from the longest bird migration. That rests with some of the oceanic birds – terns and shearwaters. The tern covers 24,000 miles a year, from Arctic to Antarctic – that's 38,000 kms – and it never sees a winter.

]]> https://glendalarke.com/2009/07/fantastic-journey/#comment-20708 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:13:38 +0000 #comment-20708 That is really incredible – we always thought the Monarch was something fantastic, but that sure beats it. Mind you humming birds do a pretty good trip too and don't take 4 years to do it. Dropping from Canada to South America in the Fall and back again in the summer. Then there's the eels which swim thousands of miles too.

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