Column: Keep your eyes and ears open, spring migration is about to begin

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • April 26, 2025

One of the most fun aspects of spring migration is you can step outside almost every day and see or hear some new bird species arriving for the summer. Keeping track of the arrival timing of migrants, or other phenological indicators like crocuses blooming, has been a major interest and area of study for naturalists for centuries. Download Merlin Bird ID. a free mobile app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that can identify birds in several ways. ~ Doug Hitchcox