NORTHERN MICHIGAN, (WPBN/WGTU)— As Northern Michigan nears the peak of bird migration season, bird watchers are gearing up for a prime time to observe the return of their favorite spring and summer ...

The next few weeks mark the peak of bird migration season, a biannual natural phenomenon when hundreds of millions of birds journey across the continent, primarily at night. Scientists are calling on ...

Why Do Birds Migrate North in Spring? Flying north might seem daunting, but birds do it for good reasons. Species that journey to the tropics for winter must compete with year-round tropical residents ...

Michigan's native birds are arriving for the summer from near and far, but you might not notice as many travel at night. "The movements are massive," said Andrew Farnsworth, a migration ecologist at ...

Fall migration is underway for the birds of North America and, during peak days, hundreds of millions of birds pass overhead under the cover of night. “The earliest migrants are on their way as early ...

Millions of birds pass through and above the Champaign-Urbana area on their way to warmer southern regions during the fall and winter migration period. At its peak, migratory numbers over C-U are in ...

CU Boulder researchers challenge long-held assumptions about the relationship between bird migration and the process by which new species arise Every year, billions of birds take to the skies, riding ...

Oct. 11 (UPI) --As millions of birds migrate south for the winter, many face dangerous obstacles on their journey, and experts say people can help them have a safe trip. This week saw the biggest ...

Millions of Michigan's birds are heading south for the winter and bird watchers can track their annual fall migration flights live. The BirdCast Migration Dashboard, a live migration map provided by ...

Migratory birds embody some of the most intricate evolutionary adaptations in the animal kingdom, without which their journeys would be impossible. Here’s how the Pfeilstorch taught us this. In the ...