It’s a bird, it’s a plane. Yes, it’s a bird, an orange and black bird, at that…
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Q) Why do Baltimore Orioles fly south in the winter?
A) Because it’s too far to walk!
Actually they fly – migrate – to the south and begin as early as July. They end up wintering in a region from Florida throughout the Caribbean islands to the northern part of South America. Indeed, that would be a long way to walk.
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