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Migration season brings millions of birds to Colorado

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11min 28sec
Courtesy Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
Wilson’s Warblers migrate to Colorado in the fall. The Bird Conservancy of the Rockies bands and counts migrating birds.

It's fall migration season and millions of visiting birds are flying through Colorado's skies at night. Some stay a while to rest on their way south, others are settling in for the winter here. Sarah Doxon of the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies says food is the primary motivator for their travels.