It’s migration season!

BirdCast Migration Dashboard is a new tool powered by Cornell Lab, Colorado State University, and University of Massachusetts Amherst that allows users to explore migration traffic in their local area. From BirdCast:

"The new BirdCast Migration Dashboard provides summaries of radar-based measurements of nocturnal bird migration, including estimates of the total number of birds migrating, their directions, speeds, and altitudes. This tool depicts migration patterns in near real time or as a summary of a whole night after nocturnal periods end (2021-present); this includes additional historical information (2013-2021) as well as previous nights’ movements. Note that the dashboard currently provides data for counties and states in the contiguous US, complementing our existing forecast and live migration maps but allowing you to explore nocturnal bird migration in ways that were previously impossible. As your explorations begin, discovering interesting, new and previously unknown patterns will be, perhaps, the most exciting aspects of the new tool!"

Check out how many birds are flying over us every night:

Lincoln County

Tillamook County

In addition to the Migration Dashboard, BirdCast offers national forecasts and live maps where you can observe bird migration patterns across the country!

Learn more about BirdCast Migration Dashboard here.