Seasons

What migrates when

Birding is a calendar. Spring and fall are the big moves, but every month has a wave — winter ducks, spring warblers, fall hawks.

The year

jan       winter ducks, owls, finches
apr       warblers, shorebirds, swallows
may       peak songbird migration
sep       southbound shorebirds, hawks

Set your alarm

Dawn chorus starts an hour before sunrise. The rarest birds are seen before the coffee shops open.