Day 149

I looked up this little bird, it's a member of the sandpiper family and is called a dunlin. It amazes me the distances that birds travel, this particular bird summers in northern Alaska to Hudson Bay and spends the winters in Florida and southward. I looked on a map, that is some serious mileage, and they make that trip with out the benefit of GPS or even a map, they do stop along the way to rest up and refuel, I spotted this one at Montezuma, wading in a shallow pool having some lunch, there were a couple others around all doing the same, they must been traveling companions. The migration of animals is one of those things that fascinates me as I imagine it does a lot of other much smarter people than myself. 

"My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather."  -Terri Guillemets