Summer Birds of Kentucky (June, July, August) Although a few spring migrants trickle through Kentucky into early June, the breeding season has commenced for most Kentucky birds by the end of May. June is the best month for finding the greatest variety of songbirds nesting in the state, and June is an excellent month to […]
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Spring Birds of Kentucky (March, April, May) If we start the Kentucky bird-watching year just after the dead of winter, the first birds to “return” are waterbirds, which typically begin to move north on the first warm fronts of late winter. The earliest species to arrive as soon as winter weather breaks is usually the
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Winter birds of Georgia (December, January, February) November signals the beginning of winter, and is a mirror image of the late winter/early spring exodus of March. A few landbird migrants are still filtering through in the first week or two, but the bulk of the birds arriving or seen are either permanent or winter residents.
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Fall birds of Georgia (September, October, November) September is thoroughly “fall,” even though it can still be quite hot in Georgia during the month! Just about every species that was migrating through in spring is now migrating back south again, although many have changed into much duller winter plumage. Almost none of these migrants are
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