The wave of songbird migration is moving across North America much more quickly than that of the monarch butterflies. Sightings from the past two weeks are reported below. You may want to chose one color to designate each week of the migration.
Several people comment about the weather conditions at the time of their sightings.
Clip the weather map from your daily newspaper and see if you can see the weather patterns mentioned. We've wondered if they come at the same time that the leaves come out on trees. Take a close look at a tree as the leaves come out and see what kind of insect life you can find. Here's a update from New York. Notice that the orioles arrived in that region at about the same time that leaves are emerging.