Pulses of the fall migration of birds can be monitored in a number of ways using BirdCast (migrating Black-headed Grosbeak photo by Paul Konrad). A screenshot of a live BirdCast bird migration radar map on August 20th at midnight.

Fall migration season is underway, and BirdCast is now available to provide birders with a most impressive suite of migration monitoring tools for the Fall 2023 season! Remember, “fall” migration can begin in early July for individuals of some species. Many birders are excitedly tracking movements of some adult and young birds as they begin, and engage in, their dispersal and early migrations from nesting and post-fledging areas to stopover and wintering areas. BirdCast provides a wealth of information to follow the migration action – all Free – that you can use online to better appreciate and understand bird migration this fall.

To view the exciting live radar-based migration maps see Live bird migration maps - BirdCast

Just type the name of your county or state into the white box at the top of the Migration Dashboard to review local bird migration over your local county at Migration Dashboard - BirdCast You can also explore bird migration in other counties and states of interest across the contiguous United States.

If you are making plans for a birding adventure or are curious about what you might expect 3 nights ahead, you can refer to the Bird Migration Forecast Maps at Bird migration forecast maps - BirdCast

You can also monitor local migration possibilities for the next 3 nights by checking in for Local Bird Migration Alerts for your city or a city near you at Local bird migration alerts - BirdCast (you can subscribe to receive Free email alerts too).

After a wild spring with some intense flights, what will this new fall season migration be like? Will the top 10 states for spring, in terms of total birds overflying the state in a season, see the same ranking? The Top 10 for spring were: 1) Missouri, 2) Oklahoma, 3) Kansas, 4) Nebraska, 5) North Dakota, 6) Wisconsin, 7) Minnesota, 8) Texas, 9) South Dakota, and 10) Florida.

This fall, will we see another 850 million bird movement in early October? (To view that night’s epic flight, check out October 3, 2021 in our live migration maps) – and check out last night’s action while you’re at it too.

For more information about the BirdCast team’s fall kickoff and to see what birds are soon expected across BirdCast’s 4 regions of the Lower 48 States, see The return of migration tools: Fall 2023! - BirdCast Enjoy all the birds that this fall migration brings your way!