Month September 2026

The Warblers Are Coming: Don’t Miss Fall’s Tiny Travelers

WildWatch Weekly The Warblers Are Coming: Don’t Miss Fall’s Tiny Travelers Live Cams Donate Store Facebook YouTube The Warblers Are Coming Something remarkable is happening in the trees around us. Each night, while most of us are asleep, thousands of tiny songbirds are passing over Pennsylvania on their way south. Among them are warblers, small, colorful birds weighing little more than a few coins. Some have traveled from Canada’s boreal forests, while others spent the summer nesting right...

Millions Overhead, Unseen: Catching Fall Migrants by Ear

WildWatch Weekly Millions Overhead, Unseen: Catching Fall Migrants by Ear Live Cams Donate Store Facebook YouTube Catching Fall Migrants by Ear Step outside on a clear, cool night this fall, ideally one with a light breeze out of the north, and stand still for a few minutes. Let the crickets fade into the background. If you're patient, you may hear it: a thin, high seet from somewhere overhead, then a soft, liquid peep, then nothing for a while, then another. You can't see who made them. You...