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Record warmth and little snow in the winter of 2023-24 have allowed many birds to migrate back to Wisconsin far earlier than normal this spring. ... prior to migration in fall near the Aldo ...
A Cooper's Hawk perches on a utility line. This is one of the many birds that will receive a new name. The American Ornithological Society announced it is renaming all birds named after people ...
[17] [18] Although quantitative data are absent, it is likely that a sizable percentage of Anna's hummingbirds in the Pacific Northwest still do migrate south for winter, as of 2017. [18] Female Anna's hummingbird in nocturnal torpor during winter; −8 °C (18 °F), near Vancouver, British Columbia. The bird remained in torpor with an ...
The world's largest group of ornithologists announced Nov. 1 that it would begin work renaming 70 to 80 North American bird species named for people — some deemed racist, exclusionary, or ...
A study carried out in Falsterbo, Sweden, concluded that solitary birds migrating during the night were more likely to reverse migrate west (when east is the regular migratory path), [6] rather than to the north in birds that normally migrate south. By only examining species that migrate solitarily during the night, they eliminated the possibly ...
A common pattern in North America is clockwise migration, where birds flying North tend to be further West, and flying South tend to shift Eastwards. Many, if not most, birds migrate in flocks. For larger birds, flying in flocks reduces the energy cost. Geese in a V formation may conserve 12–20% of the energy they would need to fly alone.
Older males typically migrate first and leave the overwintering sites in late December or early January, followed by older females. Younger birds (first yearlings) typically arrive at the breeding grounds up to two months later. [19] Fall migration is also staggered, as birds head south when the breeding season is over.
Check out the “colorful bunch” of birds you might see in your backyard or on birding excursions. Here are the colorful birds — including orioles — migrating to NC this fall and winter Skip ...