Iowans may feel like they are in an Alfred Hitchcock movie due to millions of birds migrating over the state during May. An influx of birds will be overhead as species start to migrate northward for ...

Red backed shrikes migrate using a fixed schedule, flying in stages with little variation, showing that genetics guide bird migration.

ATLANTA — As autumn begins, Georgia skies become a busy highway for millions of migrating birds, heading south. Dr. Benjamin Freeman, a biologist at the Georgia Tech School of Biological Sciences, ...

Large clusters appearing on weather radars are likely massive flocks of migrating birds, not storms. A record-breaking 1.2 billion birds were estimated to be migrating in a single night during the ...

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 ...

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A flock of migrating birds in the sky above the sea. Seasonal migration of birds. Soft selective focus. SATURDAY, Oct. 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — As millions of birds migrate south for the winter, ...

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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 ...

As late summer fades into autumn, Indiana’s skies transform into a living highway. Billions of birds begin their fall migration, heading south on a journey that spans hundreds — or even thousands — of ...