According to bird experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman, much about bird flying is dependent on the species, season, and what else the bird is doing. Songbirds that feed on insects vary in the elevation ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most birds fly at low altitudes, relatively speaking. But ...

Michigan's native birds are arriving for the summer from near and far, but you might not notice as many travel at night. "The movements are massive," said Andrew Farnsworth, a migration ecologist at ...

Most birds are known for their speed and agility, not their strength. But there are a few species that have both. Here’s the bird that rules the roost when it comes to measuring strength in flight.

Millions of birds are expected to take flight across the U.S. Saturday night, Sept. 6, as part of their fall migration, according to a nonprofit that tracks bird migrations, although numbers in ...

Millions of migratory birds are currently flying over Southwest Florida, with peak migration still to come. Weather radar systems are detecting the massive flocks. The peak of the fall migration ...

INDIANA, USA — It is migration season, and a large wave of birds are expected to fly north over Indiana skies: 12 million birds may be fly over us Sunday night and Monday night put together (April ...

The skies over Indiana are packed with birds right now. We’ve entered the peak three weeks of fall bird migration, when hundreds of millions of birds move south each night. If you’ve noticed more ...

ATLANTA — Heads up, bird watchers! This week could be a jackpot for birders in Georgia, as an estimated 10 million birds will fly every night over the state. At night, "Our skies are filled with this ...