Early migrations probably involve a variety of waterfowl and Sandhill Cranes, along with some songbirds (migrating White-fronted Geese photographed by Paul Konrad). The BirdCast radar image as it appeared March 3rd at 8pm CST. You will find it interesting and helpful to monitor bird migrations regularly using the 4 primary BirdCast online tools.

As the earliest spring migrants take to the air, BirdCast is providing the first radar images of bird migration along with a variety of migration-related information on its primary web pages – the Live Bird Migration Map, Migration Dashboard, Local Migration Alerts, and Bird Migration Forecast Maps. The information provided at these 4 internet portals is most interesting and can be helpful in planning birding trips and better understanding seasonal migration surges. We encourage you to monitor them regularly to keep attuned to migration in your county, city, and across the continental United States.

Although the BirdCast services just resumed last Friday, March 1st and it’s still early in the migration season, the Live Bird Migration Map showed interesting overnight movements were in Texas and Florida, but migration activities really fired up just before sunrise and continued during early morning last Saturday. At that time bird migrations were obvious across Nebraska, Iowa, and Illinois; followed by flights over western South Dakota and eastern Montana. To view the exciting live radar-based migration maps, see Live bird migration maps - BirdCast

In addition to the signature Live Bird Migration Radar Map, which is archived daily for your reference, the other valuable migration programs on the BirdCast menu provide enhanced information.

Migration Dashboard provides more localized information for any county in the continental United States. 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 at Migration Dashboard - BirdCast Of course, you can also explore bird migration in other counties and states of interest across the contiguous United States anytime too.

If you are making birding plans or curious about what you might expect 1 to 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 and you can subscribe to receive Free email alerts too. Enjoy the spring migration season!