Online tools enhance local birding during migration
Wed, 05/18/2022 - 1:53pm
By:
Nancy Falkum
Have you heard the birds’ chirp or tweet sounds during the night these past few weeks? An estimated 8,803,800 Birds crossed Wabasha County on Saturday night, May 7, 2022, according to Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s BirdCast Migration Dashboard (dashboard.birdcast.info) with a peak of 607,200 birds recorded at 4:40 a.m. on Sunday, May 8, 2022. The birds were traveling northward at an average speed of 47 mph at an average altitude of 2,200 feet.
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