{"id":11080,"date":"2023-04-06T13:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/?p=11080"},"modified":"2023-04-19T13:40:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T17:40:17","slug":"spring-migration-2023-is-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/spring-migration-2023-is-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Migration 2023 is underway!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Best Time for Birding is NOW!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spring Migration is, without question, the best time of the year to be a birder.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your Spring Migration 2023 update is here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While we&#8217;re eagerly awaiting some of our favorite birds to return, we&#8217;re keeping an eye on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/birdcast.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cornell Lab&#8217;s BirdCast<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wondered&nbsp;<strong>how many birds are in the air and on the move at any given moment during Spring Migration<\/strong>, BirdCast has some answers for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">They&#8217;re on their way! Check it out!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Backyard-Naturalist-Birdcast-forecast-04-06-2023-screencap.png\" alt=\"Have you ever wondered how many birds are in the air at any given time? Track Spring Migration at Cornell Lab's Birdcast. See birdcast.info.\" class=\"wp-image-11073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Backyard-Naturalist-Birdcast-forecast-04-06-2023-screencap.png 520w, https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Backyard-Naturalist-Birdcast-forecast-04-06-2023-screencap-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Backyard-Naturalist-Birdcast-forecast-04-06-2023-screencap-400x308.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Track Spring Migration in real time and also see BirdCast&#8217;s forecasts, like this one:\u00a0<strong>Tonight, at three hours past sunset, \u00a0there may be 43 MILLION migrating birds on the wing!<\/strong>\u00a0Wow!\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How many will stop by your house?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>BirdCast gives us more hope than ever that we&#8217;ll see some special tourists stopping by our backyard AirBnB this year. If you&#8217;d like to increase your chances of sighting them, we do have some tips for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>HINT: Not all migrants are tempted by your feeders, but ALL migrants are looking for water.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have a bird bath, come see us for advice. We have a wide selection with plenty of options to suit your style\u00a0and budget.<strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>And we mean,<strong>\u00a0options for every budget.\u00a0<\/strong>Don&#8217;t miss out on any of the fun during\u00a0<strong>the best birding time of the year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more of our best tips, see our resource page &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/best-time-for-birding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spring Migration to the Max<\/a>&#8220;. It&#8217;s completely devoted to helping you make the most out of Spring Migration this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Happy Spring Birding!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for continuing to support your birds and for your continuing support of our efforts here at the store.<br>Debi &amp; Mike Klein and The Backyard Naturalist Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While we&#8217;re eagerly awaiting some of our favorite birds to return, we&#8217;re keeping an eye on\u00a0Cornell Lab&#8217;s BirdCast.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wondered\u00a0how many birds are in the air and on the move at any given moment during Spring Migration, BirdCast has some answers for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-backyard-naturalist-store"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11080"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11086,"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11080\/revisions\/11086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}