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Why Birds Migrate and How Far They Go
A reader quiz highlights migration in birds with Arctic terns traveling up to 22 000 miles a year and averaging 1 000 miles weekly. The American golden plover makes a nonstop 2400 mile ocean crossing. Swallows of Capistrano reportedly depart October 23 and return March 19 but dates vary yearly.
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Arctic Circle
Massachusetts
Antarctic
Nova Scotia
South America
Capistrano
California