While you slept last night: ~100 million birds took to the skies 🐦

The Mid-Atlantic saw heavy traffic moving north/northeast, with migration hotspots from the Southeast to Ohio Valley and Southern Plains.

The overnight rush continues this weekend.

Details at cwg.live

April 03, 2026 - 18:25 UTC

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youtu.be/quyB8PMTD3o?si=QGgZWSmq3OxIQghC
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Austin is part of the western south-north bird migration corridor. It's wonderful to see migrating birds on our backyard feeders.
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our feathered friends know how to abide.
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This is so awesome. Nature. So amazing.
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I hope this means my little barn swallow friends will show up soon!
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy7uWcpWVUw&list=RDYy7uWcpWVUw&start_radio=1

"A hundred million birds fly away, away, away"
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Perfect
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Amazing! So good to remember the goodness and miracles in the natural world while so much is awful in the political sphere
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I did sleep great.
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So you’re saying I have a good alibi?
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why does your "cwg.live" link redirect to the Washington Post, blocked by paywall unless you are a subscriber?
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OK, all, here is the ACTUAL source with this live map - and not exploited by WaPo to try to make you pay to get to it
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Interesting…Last evening, at the end of the last dog walk of the day, there were scads of blackbirds swirling and swarming and making lots of noise.
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Wow. Another reason to love life under the Bluesky @bsky.app is the vast number of nature , both moving & still (creatures vs plant) experts here!

I’m really happy there’s 100M birds 🦅!

The other snowbird (🇨🇦)won’t appear on radar as there’s few of them left ,& they’re actively avoiding being ID’ed
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What's going on with the big black hole?
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Louisville. They're all like, Nah.
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birds famously hate parkersberg west virginia, no one knows why
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probably bad data
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KFC shooting range
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Even birds don't want to go to Kentucky.
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Poor radar coverage there would be my guess
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They’re all leaving Florida
and we’ll miss them 😢

- the actual birds, not the people.
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Any correlation between increased temperatures or other extreme weather conditions?? Are they ahead of tornadoes etc?? Just wondered if they have any advance idea of changes or are likely to be impacted??
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Still waiting on the Chimney Swifts that show up every year+ live in my chimney (Taylor+ Jonathan) + raise some babies to arrive...
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How are the birds doing?
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that's a lot of birds. wonder what the air traffic control system is like for them
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Is this something to be worried about? Or normal?
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Spring migration!
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Was NWS radar at Louisville offline, or what?
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I was wondering. I live in that dark circle
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Please turn off any outdoor lights you don't need overnight.
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Would love to see a map like that for the hummingbird migration!
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Two weeks ago they were still in Mexico, if that helps.
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I just got into a tiny miff with someone who actually believed that birds do not fly at night! We had entered this snafu from the discussion of lights interfering with migratory flights🤯
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Is this a "it's spring" thing or a "bad weather is coming" thing? 🤔
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Every spring.
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Seeing hummingbirds in the garden
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just reminded me to fill the feeder :)
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Well that's a good sign I'm so sick of winter
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#Flyday !
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Pretty neat stuff...
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Get your hummingbird feeders out! With our late hard freezes around here, there's nothing to eat!
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Cool, very cool 😎
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How does this timing compare with prior years? Did the freak heat wave across the western US affect when the migration occurred?
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I’m guessing the hole over Kentucky is because of the Kentucky Fried Bird thing. It may chickens now, but sooner or later it’ll be Kentucky Fried Robbin Extra Crunchy.
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Bad wx
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The grackles suddenly flicking in the trees around our house and neighbors’ yards with their idle mechanical sounding trills!
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This is very cool
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Interesting! They sense something that we don't.
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"GO ON! GET!" -The South, probably
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Fleeing the anomalous inferno en masse—
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May they have shat all over Mar a Lardo
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Two weeks ago I had Baltimore Orioles in my backyard.
In Costa Rica.
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The skies once darkened with the migration of birds
But commuter jet flights were priority so thin the flocks.
Oh, they dirty buildings & cars so bang, bang go away.
Oops we burnt the forest or we plowed it under to make those malls we don't use anymore. Traded hectares for gated community townhomes
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The early bird catches the worm. They also beat the traffic.
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👍❤️👍
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Great night to migrate with nice temperatures and a really bright moon.
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Sad though when they leave my backyard. The early mornings have been so lovely lately
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And this explains the absolute cacophony of bird song in my neighborhood this morning. They must've been taking a little break. 😆
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Me too! I was amazed by all the new squawks on the lake.
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Do birds fly at night?
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Yes! A huge number of migrating birds travel at night.
www.birds.cornell.edu/home/new-tech-to-id-night-migrating-birds/
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Its either that or Motel 6.
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Thank you for posting such interesting stuff 🙂@capitalweather.bsky.social ✌🏻
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We are not worthy
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I'm always sad to see my Catbirds go.
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Hopefully they will stop for a week or two (or three) before they get here. Don't want to pick up too many frozen starved carcasses.
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I’d be getting the hell out of there too 🐦
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🤣
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It's migration season.
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I see the birds are smart enough to avoid Kentucky
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bsky.app/profile/genelisadaily.bsky.social/post/3mirw4d7vik2h
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Some seeds out for the ground feeders for several months… White-crowned Sparrows mostly until today… for me, the more familiar, ever present of my younger self, House Sparrows today… guess the migration is on…
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Early crop of sunflowers brought these guests… first noticed flying pairs a couple of weeks back… working on camera settings…
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🔥🔥🔥
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Saw my first hummingbirds today (N. AL) !!! 😍
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What did Louisville do to the birds?
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❤️🐦🐦‍⬛
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What’s up with Louisville? That doesn’t look right at all.
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