Migration can be interrupted by strong northeasters like we experienced last weekend. The website Birdcas (birdcast.info) uses radar to monitor the skies for migrating birds and posts the results.

Most, but not all Baltimore orioles have left for points south by now, but some will linger into January.

Migration will peak in these next couple of weeks, so this is a good time to be out and about looking for birds.

What a difference one week makes. Last week included 14 species, eight of which were migrating through rather than species that nest on the Island.

The 14 species of warblers seen this week shows that songbird migration has increased tremendously.

During their northward migration and the nesting season, we hear birds before we see them because birds are singing to defend their territory and attract mates.

It is August and the nesting season is winding down.

The excitement started on a Thursday afternoon, July 25, when John Nelson texted me about his sighting of a ferruginous hawk that he just saw at Katama Farm.

A white-throated sparrow had never been seen before in July.

It is the baby bird time of the year. Many of these youngsters do not look like their parents and may not have grown all their feathers yet.