We’re only halfway through summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but for our feathered friends, fall migration is underway. The birds that journeyed north for the breeding season to take advantage of the region’s long daylight hours and abundant insects during its summer months have raised their young. Following sun and food, they are now beginning to wing their way south to spend the winter. It’s one of nature’s great spectacles, and pretty much wherever you are, you can observe it.

Unlike spring migration , in which birds tend to rush to the breeding grounds to claim a territory, find a mate and get down to the urgent business of reproducing, fall migration unfolds at a more leisurely pace. Some species will travel thousands of kilometers between their summer and winter homes, making s

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