Oh, Little Bird

I discovered a birding blog recently.  I love its name:  "The Zen Birdfeeder."  Yesterday the writer, Nancy Castillo, gave a few facts about the ruby-throated hummingbird.  “While you were sleeping,” she writes “a Ruby-throated Hummingbird flew 600 miles non-stop across the Gulf of Mexico.”  This bird weighs about as much as a nickel and burns off about a third of its body weight during the flight.  Hard but wonderful to imagine.