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Learn More About Migration and How YOU Can Help Birds!
Help Birds During Migration:
Bird-Friendly Home Toolkit! (US Fish & Wildlife Service) https://www.fws.gov/library/collections/bird-friendly-home-toolkit
Thirteen tips to make the journey safer for migrating birds (American Bird Conservancy) https://abcbirds.org/thirteen-tips-spring-migration/
Make Bird Friendly Spaces All Year Round:
University of Illinois Extension https://extension.illinois.edu/news-releases/create-bird-friendly-yard
National Audubon Society https://www.audubon.org/news/how-make-your-yard-bird-friendly-0
I want to learn more about migration and how researchers study it
Bird migration (Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois) https://publish.illinois.edu/inhseducation/biodiversity/what-is-an-animal/migration/bird-migration/
Bird migration through the windy city (Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum) https://naturemuseum.org/chicago-academy-of-sciences/blog/bird-migration-through-the-windy-city
The BirdCast website (https://birdcast.info/) has many resources on studying and tracking bird migration across North America and down to the local level. Live bird migration maps are available during migration season (Spring: March 1 to June 15; Fall: August 1 to November 15).
Sangamon County Migration Dashboard: https://dashboard.birdcast.info/region/US-IL-167?night=2024-11-14
A related project in northern Illinois uses artificial intelligence to identify bird species as they fly overhead at night based on their calls: https://www.migrationbiology.org/chicago#dashboard