http://www.ourwindowonnature.com/2006/10/09/the-longest-migration/ . . . exploring the world around us Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:42:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.ourwindowonnature.com/2006/10/09/the-longest-migration/#comment-13 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:38:26 +0000 http://www.ourwindowonnature.com/2006/10/09/the-longest-migration/#comment-13 [...] Like their human counterparts, birds migrate at varying speeds for varying distances. The arctic tern used to be considered the long distance champion. Not satisfied with a single summer each year, it flies all the way to Antarctica for a second summer, making a round trip of 22,000 miles. Now the record seems to be held by the Sooty Shearwater. [...] […] Like their human counterparts, birds migrate at varying speeds for varying distances. The arctic tern used to be considered the long distance champion. Not satisfied with a single summer each year, it flies all the way to Antarctica for a second summer, making a round trip of 22,000 miles. Now the record seems to be held by the Sooty Shearwater. […]

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