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A huge, annual spike in bird migration through a high-density avian highway will bring millions and millions of birds through southern Michigan, northern Indiana and northwestern Ohio between May 8 and May 17.
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00:00Bird watchers from across the country and around the world flock to Northwest Ohio from May 8th to the 17th.
00:06Along this migratory superhighway, millions of birds fill the skies on one of North America's busiest flight paths.
00:13For a brief window, the Lake Erie shoreline becomes a critical stopover.
00:17Warblers, tanagers, thrushes, shorebirds, after traveling thousands of miles,
00:22they arrive in these forests and marshes right in front of you.
00:26One day it's quiet, the next it's alive.
00:28This is the biggest week in American birding, open to everyone who wants to experience nature at its peak.
00:34Grab your binoculars, step outside, you won't want to miss it.
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