For a Colorado garden, that can mean leaving some seed heads standing, growing native berry-producing shrubs, maintaining insect-friendly flowers, and providing dense vegetation where birds can rest. Bird will need a lot of insects to refuel on and your garden is what is providing those for them. And don’t forget to keep your bird baths or trays filled with water – they’ll need a lot of it as they make their long journeys.

The best thing you can do is simply turn off the lights. The darker the sky around your home, the safer the migration corridor.

• Turn off unnecessary exterior lights.
• Turn off landscape uplighting.
• Avoid lighting trees from below.
• Close blinds or curtains at night.
• Put security lighting on motion sensors.
• Keep decorative lighting off overnight.

The BirdCast website provides real-time predictions of when and where birds are migrating. It’s a fabulous tool that applies weather surveillance radar to gather information on the numbers, flight directions, speeds and altitudes of birds aloft in order to expand the understanding of migratory bird movement.

See real-time data about birds that crossed Douglas County last night (est.), birds in flight (nightly average), flight direction and speed, expected nocturnal migrants, and more! Click here.