Category: bird migration

‘Wow Factor’: Public Website Reveals Best-Yet Picture of Hundreds of Bird Migrations

The piercing yellow eyes and deadly hunting skills of the snowy owl awe bird-lovers in the U.S. Midwest every winter. Now, thanks to what has been heralded as the most comprehensive summary of migration patterns ever assembled, those birders can see where those raptors migrated from: the Seal River watershed in northern Manitoba. “We didn’t…


Why Birds Migrate Vast Distances – and How You Can Help During Their Breeding Season

Now that spring is in the air, the UK is starting to see its summer visitors arriving. Ospreys are already back in their nests, chiffchaffs are singing their song to re-establish their territories, and puffins have arrived at their breeding sites around the British Isles. Several centuries ago, people believed that swallows spent the winter asleep at the bottom…