Hawks will soon be flitting along the Appalachian ridges and other birds will be setting their wings southward as summer nears its end. But already the avian movement is under way as the varied ...

Every July, the western sandpiper, a dun-colored, long-beaked bird, leaves the shores of Alaska and migrates south. It may fly as far as the coast of Peru, where it spends several months before making ...

The tweety whistles overhead made me look up even though I knew I wouldn’t actually see what was issuing those sounds. Nevertheless, I stopped walking and listened into the star-filled sky until the ...

It is migration season again, in reverse. With most of our summer species, spring was the time of anticipation. Birders had their lists out, trying to be the first to spot each new arrival. Most would ...

Western sandpipers are tiny shorebirds that weigh about as much as a slice of bread. Every spring, they migrate from their wintering grounds as far south as Peru to breeding sites in Alaska and ...

Understanding and managing migratory animal populations requires knowing what's going on with them during all stages of their annual cycle -- and how those stages affect each other. A new study ...

Unique among shorebirds, the prairie-loving, pampas-wintering Buff-breasted Sandpiper links habitats from the Arctic to southern South America through its epic migration. Its future is uncertain, ...