Here’s what’s happening this week in the Chattanooga area.
Lights out for birds
The spring migration of birds peaks this week in Southeast Tennessee and extreme northern portions of Georgia and Alabama, according to allaboutbirds.org (areas farther south peaked last week). Peak periods of spring bird migration are defined as when the nightly average of birds in the night sky was highest, as measured by 143 radar systems from coast to coast from readings taken every 10 minutes from 2013 to 2022. To assist the birds’ migration, scientists recommend turning out all nonessential lights or drawing curtains from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. as birds can become disoriented by lights and collide with windows. The Chattanooga Audubon Society says thrushes, vireos, warblers, tanagers and flycatchers are among the migrating species that nest here each spring.
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