Bird Migration, Bird Identification, Birding for Beginners, Be a Better Birder, North American Birds Marjorie Swies Bird Migration, Bird Identification, Birding for Beginners, Be a Better Birder, North American Birds Marjorie Swies

Shorebird Migration

Shorebirds begin their southbound migration while most of us still think of summer as just getting started. Many have spent the brief breeding season in Alaska, northern Canada, and the Arctic tundra, where they must nest and raise their young during a very short window of abundant food and nearly continuous daylight.

Learn why shorebirds migrate so early, how some species travel thousands of miles to South America, and why adults in transition plumage and newly arrived juveniles can be so challenging to identify.

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