Nature Smart: The amazing migration along the Mississippi Flyway
I check Birdcast.org most mornings to see the migration that took place overnight, and I’m always astounded by the sheer number of birds passing over while we sleep. Many follow well-established pathways called flyways, and one of the largest, the Mississippi Flyway, cuts right down the east-central part of the country.
It’s one of North America’s four great migration corridors – not a narrow aerial highway with painted lines, but a vast, invisible system following the Mississippi, Missouri, and lower Ohio rivers.
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