Waiting for a Warbler by Sneed B. Collard III generations Why Pollen Counts

Why Pollen Counts

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BILL THOMPSON III is the editor of Bird Watcher's Digest and the author of many books about birds

Waiting for a Warbler by Sneed B. Collard III generations Why Pollen CountsIn early April, as Owen and his sister search the hickories, oaks, and dogwoods for returning birds, a huge group of birds leaves the misty mountain slopes of the Yucatan peninsula for the 600 mile flight across the Gulf of Mexico to their summer nesting grounds. One of them is a Cerulean warbler. He will lose more than half his body weight even if the journey goes well. Aloft over the vast ocean, the birds encourage each other with squeaky chirps