An orange-crowned warbler. Photo by Brian Barnabo

Changing leaves and falling temperatures aren’t the only signs that autumn is officially here. Pay attention, and in the month of October you may see new birds in your backyard — at your feeders, or foraging for insects in nearby trees and shrubs — as the continuation of fall migration has more birds on the move.

Fall migration is the several-month period during which some 4 billion birds head south from their summer breeding homes across the northern U.S. and Canada to spend the winter in warmer climes. How to track fall bird migration across Michigan

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