OK bird fans, time to try to think like a Blackpoll Warbler.
England (south to Mt. Graylock in Massachusetts).
to A at the end).
North Carolina.  All of this is all based on banding and sighting data.
wait for a particularly strong NW flow to start them on their journey.
front is not as critical as it might appear.
88 hours (yes, that's three-and-a-half days).
they had started to metabolize muscle toward the end of the overwater trip.
low weights in the Caribbean.
3-5 years.  That's a lot of miles, not even counting the return trip.
who'd want to travel 2000 miles over water into a headwind!
any population, roughly 8000 of these miles are over water.
this is a half-ounce insectivorus bird flying NON-STOP for over three days.
option unless they intend to become fish food.
episode of gluttony, much less carry out sustained activity of any sort.
the exact same thing next fall.