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May 1, 2020The picture is worth three billion birds: peak migration timing for the contiguous US
Peak migration periods in many areas of the contiguous US are approaching, and we can visualize the approaching waves of migrants in space and time.
September 15, 2023The passage of Lee in the Canadian Maritimes
Hurricane Lee is making its way toward Nova Scotia, with landfall predicted on Saturday midday. With safety first above all, the BirdCast team highlights an observation map and some additional predictions about species that might be entrained and displaced by this storm.
January 5, 2015The ice cometh (and duck and grebe goeth)?
Last year’s Great Lakes’ ice cover generated many waterbird headlines among birders (and beyond). Some of the feature players in those movements were scoters and grebes, in particular White-winged Scoter and Red-necked Grebe. Team BirdCast spent some time discussing the movements of…
March 1, 2024The first BILLION bird night: 6-7 October 2023
Migration intensity goes off the charts – the BILLION bird barrier is shattered!
March 1, 2024The first BILLION bird night: 6-7 October 2023
We will keep this simple – welcome to the billion bird club!
There is not much more that we can say beyond – in the recorded history of BirdCast, here is the first billion bird night! BILLION! And, as you can see, this epic and grand occasion did not stop at a billion, growing to nearly 1.2 billion!
August 21, 2021The arrival of Henri in the Northeast US
On Sunday Tropical Storm/Hurricane Henri will make landfall in southern New England with dangerous storm surges, strong winds, and heavy rainfall. The storm is then slated to move north up the Connecticut River valley before departing east into the Gulf of Maine. This system will bring numerous seabirds ashore, in many coastal and inland waterbodies in and east of its path.
August 15, 2017Team BirdCast expands!
Team BirdCast is thrilled to welcome its new members, namely Adriaan Dokter, Kyle Horton, and Cecilia Nilsson. Here’s the team at its first official gathering in Ithaca, NY on 10 August 2017. During fall 2017 look for biographic posts for…
February 7, 2013Strong winter storms: Nemo and Jolle
If the groundhog were a birder, perhaps he would have predicted six more weeks of a winter like this . . . We know that Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow. Many in the US probably rejoice at his early…
July 3, 2014Storm Birding: Hurricane Arthur
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…
March 1, 2026Spring Migration 2026 Begins – With a Fresh New Look
The BirdCast Team is pleased to welcome you back to our suite of migration tools for Spring 2026! Frequent visitors may notice that BirdCast has a fresh new look. Over the winter, we’ve worked hard to redesign and improve the…
February 21, 2020Spring migration 2020: Key West migration goes viral (and this is just the beginning!)
A tweet from the National Weather Service in Key West showing bird migration over the Florida Keys went viral, spread and has now been covered extensively by social and news media outlets. Team BirdCast adds some comments and color!
April 9, 2018Spotlight on the West
In this short post we highlight tonight’s migration forecast in the West. Conditions are favorable for movements from the Desert Southwest north and west along the Pacific Coast into Washington state.

Scientific Team