I ran across this photo of a bar-tailed godwit. The drive to migrate must be so strong! Over 7,000 miles.... Nonstop! http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/photos/animal-records-gallery/#/bartailed-godwit-record_5800_600x450.jpg ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]