#bird-migration

#bird-migration

"They fly 3,000 miles just to get here," he says. "We don't know why they come down to the Boston area. Logan Airport has the highest concentration of snowy owls in the Northeast that we know of."

As Miriam Liedvogel notes, migrating birds travel largely at night, often alone, demonstrating a complex inherited behavior driven by navigation that remains an area of active study.

Jim Monsma, the executive director of City Wildlife, emphasizes the dangers urban birds face, stating, "They don't understand glass." This ignorance leads to significant collision risks.

In anticipation of Fall migration, many summer birds like orioles and grosbeaks have departed, leaving us with the arrival of winter birds such as sparrows.