Their migration may be as short as 300 yards. It spends its summer in the high-altitude, pine-dominated forests of mountains out west, then heads downhill to spend the winter in deciduous habitat. Meanwhile, the record for the shortest annual migration is held by the blue grouse. Because they spend opposite seasons near each pole, they experience two summers. They meander to wherever there’s plentiful food, sometimes spending a month in mid-ocean before continuing their journey. They typically head over to Europe and down the coast of Africa, maybe with a side trip into the Indian Ocean, before returning to the Western Hemisphere. The hundreds of Arctic terns that nest on Maine islands left for Antarctica several weeks ago, but not on a direct flight. By Bob Duchesne, Good Birding JanuFebruary 5, 2020
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