9. Just because some birds in a species migrate, it doesn’t mean they all do For example, studies show that older lesser black-backed gulls are less likely to migrate than younger gulls ...

Migrating allows these birds to move to regions that have just the right habitat in order to nest. For example, many warbler species migrate to the northern boreal forests. They don’t nest in ...

Long-term bird ringing has revealed migration routes of species and current modern tracking devices enables to investigate migration online in the globe (see for examples from our Habitrack-consortium ...

The coordinator of the Ohio Lights Out program, part of the Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative, spoke at this morning’s ...

Several hummingbirds have already been spotted in southern U.S. states. Here's when to expect them in New York.

For example, the website counted 6,100 birds in the skies about midnight Wednesday. High migration traffic is likely between 11 p.m. Wednesday and 6 a.m. Thursday. Birds migrate when most people ...

But the birds — known for their distinctive black-and-iridescent green plumage, bald red head and long curved beak — don't instinctively know which direction to fly to migrate without the ...