BirdCast

Thanks to Cornell Labs two-week online Migration Celebration, I learned a lot this year about bird migration.

• While many birds make migration one long trip, some birds fly and stop somewhere for a few days before beginning their journey again
• With the Canada wildfires in summer 2023, some people are wondering if eBird reports will detect early migration for birds where their breeding grounds in Canada burned down.
• Some birds can take advantage of burned areas: Black-backed Woodpeckers and Three-toed Woodpeckers use burned stumps for nesting. With beetles taking over the burned stumps, woodpeckers have a ready food source.