Migration Tracker

Get active this fall migration season with conservation and community science

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Fall migration is here

Nature’s version of rush hour is underway—complete with raucous honking and a good deal of ruffled feathers. There’s an amazing spectacle of birds on the move right outside your door, and this fall, we invite you to join in the fun!

Yellow-headed blackbird perched on a cattail

Share your bird observations in the DUC Migration Tracker community science project

Contribute your bird sightings to the DUC Migration Tracker project on iNaturalist! It’s a fun and easy way to enjoy time outdoors and learn more about birds.

In addition to being a great way to enjoy the season, your participation also helps conservation! Data from community science projects is often used to fill knowledge gaps and support biodiversity research.

Here’s how to get started:

Sign up for iNaturalist.ca online or via the iNaturalist app.
Join the DUC Migration Tracker
Go birding and upload your observations to iNaturalist. They will automatically be added to the DUC Migration Tracker project, and community members can help you with species identification.

Share your migration moments on DUC’s Migration Tracker!

Make your contributions to the DUC Migration Tracker, and keep an eye out for our weekly featured observations on social media!

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Migration Bloopers

Migration is one of nature’s wonders, but it’s not always an elegant affair! Ruffled feathers, mistimed blinks and windy days can make for some funny though perhaps not magazine-ready images of our feathered friends.

Send us (up to) five migration blooper images and be entered to win one of three DUC-branded YETI water bottles.

Contest ends November 4th, 2023

Submit now

Free webinar: Nature’s Incredible Journeys

Join DUC and our partners from Birds Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Federation at this free online webinar, celebrating the amazing world of bird migration, conservation and community science!

Our expert presenters will share fascinating insights on:

How bird migration works
Stories of bird migration and the research that uncovers them
The role of habitat and conservation
How community science (citizen science) can help
How to have fun with community science and birding

This event has already taken place, but the replay is available to watch now.

Watch the replay

Migration miniseries

Discover more about the incredible journeys taken by North America’s migratory birds.

Migration: Learn the Flyways

In part one of this three-part mini-series on migration, learn about the three different flyways (highways in the sky) that birds use when they migrate across North America.

Migration: Fuel for the Journey

In part two of this three-part mini-series on migration, discover how birds fuel up before and throughout the migration journey.

Migration: Hazards

In part three of this three-part mini-series on migration, learn about migration hazards and what you can do to help our feathered friends.

Ways you can help migratory birds and biodiversity

This fall, we invite you to get active and have fun while putting your support behind conservation!

Up to one million plant and animal species are at risk of extinction, many within decades, according to a recent United Nations report—and habitat loss is the leading cause.

Join the DUC Migration Tracker project

Help grow the species data that informs conservation by uploading your observations to the DUC Migration Tracker community science project on iNaturalist.