Do Migrating Birds Have Gps

THERE ARE MANY THINGS
I'D SURE LIKE TO KNOW.
BECAUSE CURIOSITY 
CONTINUALLY GROWS

DO MIGRATING BIRDS
HAVE GPS ?
OR IS THEIR SENSE 
OF DIRECTION SIMPLY THE BEST.

INTUITION OR INSTINCT
HOW DO THEY KNOW.?
OF ALL THE DIRECTIONS
WHICH WAY TO GO?

MIGRATION TAKES PLACE
WE KNOW THERE'S A REASON.
BUT HOW CAN THEY TELL 
IT'S TIME OR THAT SEASON.?

THEY ARRIVE EVERY YEAR.
ON THE VERY SAME DAY.
ISN'T IT ODD 
IN SOME KIND OF WAY.?

ARE THEY COUNTING THE DAYS?
OR COUNTING THE NIGHTS.?
MAYBE THEY'RE COUNTING
THEIR HOURS IN FLIGHT.

AS IT TURNS OUT
OR AS SCIENTISTS SAY.
MAGNETIC FIELDS 
PROVIDE THEM THE WAY

GEOMAGNETIC
FIELDS ARE A MAP.
THEY FOLLOW THE FIELDS
AND ALWAYS COME BACK

Michael E Harris
09171021
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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