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Although most of the US is firmly in the midst of typical summer conditions, fall migration is already under way for many species. BirdCast will begin its weekly series of forecast and analysis and species on the move in early August,…

With a month of the official hurricane season already in the books, Hurricane Arthur arrives on the scene. This Category Two storm is forecast to graze the Outer Banks of North Carolina before shooting off to the Northeast through the Canadian Maritimes toward…

Species on the move this week included White-rumped Sandpiper, Common Nighthawk, Gray-cheeked Thrush, and Blackpoll and Wilson’s Warblers.

Species on the move this week included Spotted, Semipalmated, and Stilt Sandpipers (AK), Pomarine Jaeger (AK), Common Nighthawk, Alder and Olive-sided Flycatchers (AK),…

The last movements of the spring, mostly light to moderate, occur across the continent as the season slips into more summer-like patterns. Species on the move this week will include Semipalmated Plover, Dunlin, Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers, and some of…

Persistent light to moderate movements in the West and widespread moderate movements in the center of the continent highlighted the late season movements during this forecast period. Species on the move this week included White-rumped Sandpiper, Dunlin, Sanderling, Ruddy Turnstone,…

Complex patterns of moderate to heavy movements will reflect similarly complex patterns of unfavorable and favorable conditions in all the BirdCast regions for this period as the last of the spring season’s movements take place. Species on the move this…

Species on the move included Least Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Alder Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, Swainson’s Thrush, Tennessee Warbler, Connecticut Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Wilson’s Warbler, White-throated Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Blue Grosbeak, and Bobolink.

Species on the move included Bufflehead, Willet, Least Sandpiper, Long-billed…

Changeable conditions in the West and the East bring pulses and pockets of moderate to very heavy movements this week among numerous disturbances moving east across the country. Species on the move this week will include numerous shorebirds, Yellow-billed and…

Scattered moderate movements that began the weekend gave way to much more widespread moderate and even locally heavy movements in the West, while a pulse of moderate to heavy movements kicked off the first half of the week in the…

A patchwork of conditions in the West brings mostly scattered light to moderate movements over the forecast period, while a wild week of moderate to heavy movements and the potential for fallouts scattered among precipitation and severe weather comes to…

Moderate movements early in the period in the Desert Southwest and widespread moderate and heavy movements nearly throughout the period in some areas of the East highlighted an active week for migrants. Species on the move this week included Spotted Sandpiper,…

This weekend’s species on the move highlights movements in the West. Several species are right on time in the West, following the last decade’s patterns of reporting. These include Spotted Sandpiper, Swainson’s Thrush, Yellow Warbler, Western Tanager, and Black-headed Grosbeak.

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