Hurricane Helene and Fall Migration
Avian migration—a spectacular annual phenomenon for which ornithologists are still gaining knowledge and understanding—has recently had more clues unveiled in the days before and after Hurricane Helene struck. In Thurston County’s local online newspaper, The JOLT, George Walter presents a fascinating article: “How Hurricane Helene gave us a further peek at fall avian migration”.
George, a former compiler for the Olympia Christmas Bird Count, writes a weekly column about Thurston County birds for The JOLT. His recent article on bird migration patterns and the impacts of Hurricane Helene is particularly interesting, and readers of the Echo will enjoy reading it at the above link, as well as his other articles.
Photo credit: Yellow-rumped Warbler, by Rachel Hudson.
