The buzzards are back

Back to Ontario from their winter sojourn in the Carolinas. Wonder if the roadkill is as abundant there as it is here. They're doing high circles over the barn. We had a few roosting there last year. Bird migration is quite a marvel when you think about it. Doesn't matter if it's geese or buzzards or robins. They go south for the winter and come home in the spring. They've been doing it for millenia. Even more remarkable are the hummingbird and butterfly migrations. We see hummingbirds at their feeders all summer long. They operate like miniature attack helicopters, chasing each other away from the feeders. Hard to imagine these tiny buzz-bombs making it all the way to Mexico for winter, but what's even more amazing is the monarch butterflies do the same. The slightest gust of wind throws a butterfly off course, yet they always arrive at their destination, no matter how many hurricanes they have to fly through to get there. The hummingbirds and butterflies have yet to arrive for their summer stay, but the buzzards are back!