News Story re Canadian Bird Migration to Africa

[Trillian Flummox]

There's a nice story in today's Toronto Star about the Northern Wheatear and its migration route from Canada to Africa. The study was conducted by Ontario scientists and proves that these tiny birds migrate 7,500 km from the Canadian Arctic to West Africa, including a 3,500 km 4 day flight across the Atlantic! I love it when a bird makes the front page!  Here's the link:

http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/1131529--25-gram-songbird-makes-miracle-migration-to-africa-each-year?bn=1

[Bluffs Birder]

Nature amazes us once again, what an incredible journey!  I read this article in the paper this morning.  Walter