Look Up,

Right now, thousands of migratory birds may be flying over you.

Some journey from the Arctic to the Antarctic.

They don't know you exist, but you share the same sky.

Who's flying over me?
A field guide to the sky

The Migration Above You

A living migration moment is taking shape around you. Choose a place to begin looking.

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How to read this moment

Every layer is labeled by what it is. A seasonal pattern shows where a species is expected in season — it is never a live position. A recent observation is a real, community-reported sighting, always shown with its date and source. Nothing on this page is a real-time animal location unless it is labeled Live, with its source and time.

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Time range and source are shown with every layer as it is connected. Basemap: MapTiler · © OpenStreetMap contributors. Recent observations are live from eBird and GBIF. The dotted bands sketch the seasonal passage across this area — in autumn, broadly southwest — and grow wider as more species are reported nearby. They are patterns, never sightings or tracked routes. A photo avatar resting on a band is a species reported nearby this week, placed on the band for readability, and its card says so. The small dots are the reported places themselves; a photo inside a dot’s card is the observed individual when its record includes one, and otherwise a credited photo of the species.

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Where to look · Nassau County, NY

Where to meet them

Real places for observing birds and butterflies; presence is not guaranteed at any moment.

Jones Beach State Park

Atlantic shoreline and maritime habitat; NYS Parks notes sea birds, terns, skimmers, harriers, plovers, brants and gulls.

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Tackapausha Preserve

84-acre sanctuary with ponds, streams and trails; Nassau County reports over 170 identified bird species.

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Brookside Preserve

Freshwater wetlands and woods that provide habitat for migratory and resident birds.

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Cow Meadow Park and Preserve

South Shore marine wetlands with tidal marsh, mudflats and a nature trail.

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Garvies Point Museum and Preserve

62-acre North Shore preserve in Glen Cove — five miles of trails through woods and meadows above Hempstead Harbor. Nassau County notes more than 140 bird species here, and the preserve's butterfly gardens draw birds and butterflies alike.

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Nassau County, NY · A shared migration moment

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