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NATURAL TRIAD OUTDOORS


spring migration in the Triad and how you can position yourself to enjoy this annual migration event right here in our area. Whether you are new to birding or a lifelong birder, we’ll share the newest information about our spring migration and how to not miss “where the birds are.” We’ll answer questions such as “when does the migration start in the Triad, what birds can we hope to spot, where are the best places to go for kayaking birders and on foot birders, how to attract migratory birds to your spaces, what are the best resources for you to plug into for birding and to find fellow birders, questions like how and why in the world do they migrate so many hundreds to thousands of miles any- way?


D Of all the information you can


find about being lucky enough to see migrating birds, most sources all point to one inherent truth, “the key is to be at the right place at the right time.” (NC Birding Trail Guide, Piedmont Edition, 2008) Before we share all the best places to be and the best times


to be there, let’s talk about the miracle of migration first. Accord- ing to the species lists from www.piedmontbirdclub.org, there are 317 documented species documented so far in Guilford County. According to their year ‘round species checklist, there are 212 species you may see in Guilford County throughout the year. According to the article in the News and Record on March 22, 2015 by Ann Walter-Fromson, about 50 birds migrate north to breed here and around 44 birds migrate south to spend the winter with us.


Birding during migration is so exciting because the chances


of seeing a bird you have never seen before rises dramatically. Why do people even bird anyway? Why are humans so fasci- nated with watching these flighty creatures? Perhaps it is because


o you want to be where the birds are? This month’s Natu- ral Triad Outdoors is all about


Where the Birds Are:


Spring Migration in the Triad


birds have been a powerful spiritual symbol for many cultures for thou- sands of years. They seem to have a magical power of being able to fly above the earth with their delicate, hollow bones, and they have been referred to as a metaphor for the “fleeting world.” (www.newuniver- sity.org). They seem to have an oth- erworldly capacity for flight, song and navigation. People are attracted to birding for many reasons; one of the most compelling being that they are always there for us, within our eyesight or within hearing. Unlike experiencing the migrating of the Humpback whale (the longest mi- grating mammal in the world travels 6,000 miles in one year) we can experience the migrating bird phe- nomenon right here in the Greens- boro, High Point and Winston Salem areas. Even in our own actual backyards,from inside our homes through our windows, from the cockpit of a kayak,or from standing on our own two feet within shouting


distance of the trailhead. Birding during migratory season allows us to be a part of something that is happening all over the world in almost inexplicable ways, experiencing magic, right here amongst us in our every day lives. While we eat breakfast, or while we eat our lunch near bird feeders outside our offices. With our exceptional green spaces in the Triad including woodlands, grasslands and watershed waterways, the Triad provides the place for us to witness these miracles of nature, so let’s take full advan- tage of it!


Why do birds migrate? According to birder Barbara Haral-


son, of Wild Birds Unlimited GSO, the why is simple: they are following the food sources and a safe place to nest and rear their young. Since where the food is (think insects, seeds, flowering plants, etc.), changes each year according to weather, each year can be a little different as far as the “start” and “end” of migra- tion. Generally, our Triad region migration begins early to mid


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