WEST MICHIGAN — As seasonable temperatures begin to fall, and the sunsets get earlier and earlier, the birds get set to move south for the Winter.
The migration of millions of birds is already underway, beginning in the masses Saturday night. It is peaking over Michigan Monday night.
West Michigan is forecast to see some of the highest numbers of bird flying overhead from north to south Monday night and Tuesday.
You can look at detailed migration forecasts HERE.
While it will be dark when they fly at night, our radar system can detect the flocks. The bunches of birds reflect scatter back to the Doppler Radar at the Grand Rapids airport. It looks like precipitation on our radar scan because of their density.
This will wind down into the middle of the week, and may have a second wave of the migration once the 80s and sunshine end and consistent cooler air sets up in West Michigan.
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