BirdCast

In its early history, the BirdCast project proposed to provide real-time predictions of bird migrations on a daily basis: when they migrate, where they migrate, and how far they will be flying. Fast forward to the present, and mission accomplished! The bird migration maps featured on the project website represent the culmination of a 25-year vision and the beginnings of new inspiration for the next generation of bird migration research, outreach and education, and application.

The present-day BirdCast project developed from an initial collaboration among Cornell Lab of Ornithology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Oregon State University. Presently, the collaboration includes the Cornell Lab, UMass Amherst, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Purdue University; the project has received support from the National Science Foundation and Leon Levy Foundation. Lyda Hill Philanthropies, NASA, Edward W. Rose Postdoctoral Fellowship, the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission, and Amazon Web Services provided additional funding for developing BirdCast tools.