birdcast.info Open in urlscan Pro
128.253.169.77  Public Scan

Form analysis
0 forms found in the DOM

Text Content

Menu
Close


MAIN MENU

 * About
 * Migration tools
 * Science-to-action
 * News

MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MIGRANTS | © Charley Harper Art Studio | Used with
Permission


SHOWCASING THE SPECTACLE OF BIRD MIGRATION

When, where, and how far will birds migrate? How many birds passed last night?
Our tools help you explore the answers to these and many other questions about
bird migration.

Learn how

POWERED BY






MIGRATION TOOLS

ACTIVE
Forecasting ends Jun 15, 2023


MIGRATION DASHBOARD NEW!

Explore nightly migration data in your region.  Learn more

Select a region
Search
Not found


BIRD MIGRATION FORECAST MAPS

Bird migration forecast maps show predicted nocturnal migration 3 hours after
local sunset and are updated every 6 hours. Colorado State University and the
Cornell Lab of Ornithology currently produce these forecasts.  Learn more




LOCAL BIRD MIGRATION ALERTS

Search with our local migration alert tool to determine whether birds are
passing overhead near your city tonight!  Learn more

Enter a city...
Search
Not found


LIVE BIRD MIGRATION MAPS

See real-time analysis maps of intensities of actual nocturnal bird migration,
as detected by the US weather surveillance radar network between local sunset to
sunrise. Cornell Lab of Ornithology currently produces these maps.

Play live bird migration maps



RECENT NEWS


Migration


A PRIMER FOR USING WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR TO STUDY BIRD MIGRATION

By Carley Eschliman (Cornell) and Kyle Horton (CSU AeroEco Lab) Guest Authors
Mar 01, 2023

As a reminder to what the team is working on here at BirdCast, we return to a
previous post we wrote. With spring soon arriving and preparations for migration
underway, here is a primer on what we do. We turn weather radar data into
information on the numbers and flight directions of birds aloft in order to
expand the understanding of migratory bird movement. After several years (and
hundreds of posts) describing migration, species on the move, and unique
migration events, we want you to have a better understanding of what happens at
BirdCast. Here is a brief overview and a behind-the-scenes look at the ways we
apply radar data to study bird migration.  Read more


THE RETURN OF MIGRATION TOOLS FOR SPRING 2023

By Andrew Farnsworth The Cornell Lab Mar 01, 2023

The BirdCast team is pleased to welcome you back to our suite of migration tools
for the Spring 2023 season as of today! Stay tuned and visit our migration tools
page to explore the season's unfolding movements!  Read more


Resources


EYES ON THE SKIES: DOES TREE SWALLOW FORAGING GIVE INSIGHT TO AIRSPACE USAGE?

By Victoria Simons Colorado State University Sep 16, 2022

Aeroecological research is more than simply studies of bird migration. Victoria
Simons is studying how Tree Swallow foraging behavior relates to their usage of
airspace as habitat.   Read more

All news
 * 

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Suomi NPP VIIRS data from
Miguel Román, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center


LIGHTS OUT

Every spring and fall, billions of birds migrate through the US, mostly under
the cover of darkness. This mass movement of birds must contend with a
dramatically increasing but still largely unrecognized threat: light pollution.
Learn more


BIRDCAST PARTNERS AND SUPPORT

BirdCast is a consortium of interdisciplinary researchers, primarily from three
organizations at present, with a growing list of collaborators, supporters, and
partners.  Learn more


CORE PARTNERS




CORE FUNDERS




OTHER SUPPORT




LIGHTS OUT PARTNERS



ABOUT

 * BirdCast 1.0 - Origins
 * BirdCast 2.0 - Present
 * BirdCast Partners and Support
 * Products, Data, and Interpretation
 * Publications
 * The BirdCast Team
 * Weather Surveillance Radar and Bird Migration Primer

MIGRATION TOOLS

 * Bird migration forecast maps
 * Live bird migration maps
 * Local bird migration alerts
 * Migration Dashboard

SCIENCE-TO-ACTION

 * Lights Out

NEWS

 * Cyclones
 * Forecast and Analysis
 * Migration
 * Resources
 * Species on the Move

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------