Birds fly south for the winter: But birds from below the equator would fly north for their winter. Do we here in NA see any of the species of birds from places like Argentina or Peru?

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

But birds from below the equator would fly north for their winter. Do we here in NA see any of the species of birds from places like Argentina or Peru? If so, where would be the best places to see them?

cahale Loc: San Angelo, TX

Bridges wrote:

But birds from below the equator would fly north for their winter. Do we here in NA see any of the species of birds from places like Argentina or Peru? If so, where would be the best places to see them?

But humans stay in place and complain about the weather.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Ah, but if they flew that far north they would be south again.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Interesting question Bridges. Arctic Terns breed in the Arctic and winter in Antarctic. Many species breed here and winter in South America but I don't know of any that breed in SA and then come north. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong

MadMikeOne Loc: So. NJ Shore - a bit west of Atlantic City

Bridges wrote:

But birds from below the equator would fly north for their winter. Do we here in NA see any of the species of birds from places like Argentina or Peru? If so, where would be the best places to see them?

I'm not sure, but I believe that Osprey breed here in NA, but then head south to SA after their young ones have fledged and can get their own food. We have lots & lots of Osprey in NJ during breeding season. There is an Osprey platform right behind my house, and the male just loves to drop fish in my neighbor's driveway. No one knows why. The bird only does it to my neighbor.
Now you've got me thinking about what other avian species breed up here & head back "home" when they have raised their young. "Mr. Google", here I come!

BassmanBruce Loc: Middle of the Mitten

I saw two frigate birds in Naples Florida in January.
I’m pretty sure they spend most of there time south of the equator.
I’ll have to Google swallow tale kites which I think do something similar.

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Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

BassmanBruce wrote:

I saw two frigate birds in Naples Florida in January.
I’m pretty sure they spend most of there time south of the equator.
I’ll have to Google swallow tale kites which I think do something similar.

Actually they are year around residents

Laramie Loc: Tempe

Some birds stop in the Nebraska Sand Hills for some time in their migration. Canada Geese used to leave Canada for southern climes but now lots hang around golf courses.

Canonuser Loc: UK and South Africa

My wife and I spend around six months of the year in South Africa, returning to the UK in April to enjoy, hopefully, warm summer months until October.
The locals in South Africa refer to us as Swallows

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

Canonuser wrote:

My wife and I spend around six months of the year in South Africa, returning to the UK in April to enjoy, hopefully, warm summer months until October.
The locals in South Africa refer to us as Swallows

Thanks for the interesting info about what Northerners are called. Their version of NA snowbirds.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

I wonder what birds living on the equator do?

goofybruce

Bar-tailed godwit broke a Guinness World Record. When a bar-tailed Godwit flew 8,435 miles non-stop from Alaska to Tasmania, Australia, it surpassed the previous record for the longest non-stop migration by a bird. The 11-day journey without rest or food was tracked by a satellite tag on the migratory bird.
Longest migration by species: the Artic tern. This medium-sized bird travels 90,000 km, nearly pole to pole, every year — from Greenland in the North to the Weddell Sea in the South.

jkm757 Loc: San Diego, Ca.

Bridges wrote:

But birds from below the equator would fly north for their winter. Do we here in NA see any of the species of birds from places like Argentina or Peru? If so, where would be the best places to see them?

Baltimore and Orchard Orioles migrate north from as far south as Columbia and Venezuela and can be found from the midwest to the east coast during their breeding season.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Baltimore_Oriole/overview

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Orchard_Oriole/overview