Category Migration

Meet the Kinglets: Tiny Birds with Crowns and Big Personalities

WildWatch Weekly Meet the Kinglets: Tiny Birds with Crowns and Big Personalities Live Cams Donate Store Facebook YouTube Small Birds Worth a Closer Look A little movement in the branches. A soft call from an evergreen. A tiny bird that appears for a moment, then disappears behind a cluster of leaves. During a fall walk, it is easy to overlook a kinglet, but once you notice one, you may find yourself stopping to watch every busy branch. Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglets are smaller than...

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...

The Next Chapter in Listening to Wildlife: Introducing BirdNET-Cloud

WildWatch Weekly The Next Chapter in Listening to Wildlife: Introducing BirdNET-Cloud Live Cams Donate Store Facebook YouTube The Next Chapter in Listening to Wildlife: Introducing BirdNET-Cloud For years, one of the most rewarding projects we've shared with the PixCams community has been BirdNET-Pi. What started as a simple Raspberry Pi project that could identify birds by their songs has grown into a worldwide community of wildlife enthusiasts, educators, researchers, and conservationists....

Bats on the Move: Migration and Hibernation in Pennsylvania

WildWatch Weekly Bats on the Move: Migration and Hibernation in Pennsylvania Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube Bats on the Move: Migration and Hibernation in Pennsylvania If you’ve peeked into the Schwarz barn this month, you may have noticed fewer furry faces hanging from the rafters. All summer long, the barn has been alive with the flutter of wings at dusk as our big brown bat colony took off to hunt insects over the fields. Now, as the days grow shorter and the nights turn...

The Power of Many: How Citizen Scientists Are Changing Ornithology

WildWatch Weekly The Power of Many: How Citizen Scientists Are Changing Ornithology Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube The Power of the Crowd Every spring and fall, one of nature’s greatest spectacles unfolds overhead: millions of birds embark on epic migrations, traveling thousands of miles across continents. For centuries, this awe-inspiring movement was a mystery. Scientists pieced together clues using small-scale banding programs, scattered field observations, and a lot of...

How Weather Radar Reveals the Hidden Highways of Bird Migration

WildWatch Weekly How Weather Radar Reveals the Hidden Highways of Bird Migration Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube The Sky Comes Alive at Night Each spring and fall, the night sky above us is filled with life. While most of us are winding down for the evening, countless songbirds, waterfowl, and raptors are taking flight, embarking on long-distance journeys under the cover of darkness. This nightly spectacle of migration is one of the great natural wonders of the world, yet it...

Warblers: The Gems of Migration

WildWatch Weekly Warblers: The Gems of Migration Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube Tennessee Warbler Wings of Color, Stories of Endurance Warblers are among nature’s most dazzling travelers. Though small enough to perch lightly on a fingertip, they shine like living jewels in the treetops, splashes of yellow, green, blue, and orange that catch the morning sun. These tiny songbirds bring a burst of color and song each spring and fall, transforming our forests and backyards into...

Grace in the Marsh: Sandhill Cranes at Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge

WildWatch Weekly Grace in the Marsh: Sandhill Cranes at Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube Sandhill Cranes on INWR Live Streaming Camera Introduction: A Rare Sighting on Camera There are certain moments in wildlife watching that feel almost magical, and this past week brought one of those rare experiences to our PixCams live streams. Viewers tuning in to the cameras at the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge were treated to the unmistakable sight of...

Why Late Feeders Support Migrating Hummingbirds

WildWatch Weekly Why Late Feeders Support Migrating Hummingbirds Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube Tiny Travelers on a Grand Journey Each fall, one of nature’s greatest spectacles unfolds right in our own backyards. Hummingbirds, those dazzling little jewels of the bird world, set off on an incredible southbound migration that can span thousands of miles. Despite their delicate size, some weighing less than a penny, these birds are powered by an extraordinary energy that drives...