The birds are migrating again as they've done for eons — look up and around, and listen!

Few natural phenomena are as magical and mysterious as bird migrations. I wish I had more than nine minutes, but I'll give you just a taste of why migrating birds are so cool. 

"Marshland Elegy" by Aldo Leopold (PDF from A Sand County Almanac, 1949)

These 5 birds are all winners in the migrations Olympics (National Audubon Society)

Bird migration is one of nature's great wonders. Here's how they do it. (National Geographic)

Fabulous flights: 13 amazing facts about bird migration (BBC)

How migrating birds use quantum effects to navigate (Scientific American)

Audubon's Rowe Sanctuary's crane cam (livestream)

 

Sandhill crane sound clip from the National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/sound/sounds-sandhill-crane.htm

Music: Jens East — Daybreak (ft. Henk) www.soundcloud.com/jenseast
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