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Seasonality of bird migration responds to environmental cues, scientists show
Biologists and atmospheric scientists track migrating birds like this summer tanager.
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Prothonotary warblers may migrate over distances as great as 5,000 miles or more.
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Indigo buntings often migrate by night, using the stars to navigate.
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Black-throated green warblers migrate south to Mexico, Central America, West Indies and Florida.
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Chestnut-sided warblers migrate mostly by night. Peak fall migration is in September.
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Green herons may migrate from the northern U.S. as far south as Panama and South America.
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