Rare Bird Forecast BETA

The Rare Bird Forecast is currently hibernating for the summer. You can sign up to get an email notifiying you when it is back online by clicking HERE. In the meantime, you can check out historical forecasts below.

This forecast uses current geomagnetic conditions (and some other stuff) to predict the appearance of vagrant birds during the spring and fall migration seasons. You can read more about the methodology in Tonelli et al, 2023. If you are interested, check out this recent paper on the same phenomenon, measured via radar.

2023 – Fall 2023 – Spring

2022 - Fall 2022 - Spring

2021 - Fall 2021 - Spring