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Purple martins are diurnal migrants —that is, they make the long flight north from wintering territory in Brazil during the day, capturing insects along the way. The martin follows ancient corridors without walls through Central America, north through Mexico and into the United States, where they breed throughout the central and eastern part of the country. They return with unerring accuracy to the exact location where they either nested the previous year or were hatched from eggs.
Other birds — warblers, thrushes, vireos and some finches — are nocturnal migrants and make a direct flight north, much of it over open water, and often non-stop unless brought down by winds from the northwest. When this happens, we are treated to the sight of trees full of hungry birds in brilliant breeding plumage. They feast on
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