I've been interested in migration for several years now, mostly bird migration, but mammals migrate too of course. The Serengeti migrations being the most well known. A book by Scott Weidensaul, Living On The Wind (Amazon Affiliate Link) was a real awakening for me about the complexity and variability of bird migration in the Americas. A topic I endeavored to cover in my recent podcast with Shannon Rio on January 15th available at https://www.photographingthewest.net/ if you're interested.  Scott has a new book coming out in March 30, 2021 A World on the Wing (Amazon Affiliate Link) which should be well worth a read if it's as good as Living On The Wind. I've pre-ordered a copy for myself. You can listen to my interview of Scott in episode #44 of the Photographing the West podcast at Scott Weidensaul Podcast

Whether you're a birder or a bird photographer, understanding migration is one key to doing either better. Besides, it's totally fascinating, at least to me. A recent article in the New York Times Magazine describes advances in technology that are capable of following the movements of a huge variety of wildlife if successful. The project called Icarus has the breath taking goal of monitoring migration of wildlife world wide. The most advanced technology is capable of tracking butterflies as well as elephants. You can find the article here https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/12/magazine/animal-tracking-icarus.html?referringSource=articleShare

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