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RNN CAMLive Bird-Watch Station—First osprey chick hatches at the Hellgate nest near Missoula, Montana, per the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Streaming now on the Tagging Along desk.◆ RNN CAMLive Bird-Watch Station—Red-tailed hawk chick "P1" fledges off the nest platform at Cornell, per the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Streaming now on the Tagging Along desk.◆ RNN CAMLive Bird-Watch Station—Rose-breasted grosbeak, woodpeckers, and a Baltimore oriole visit the Cornell feeders, per the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Streaming now on the Tagging Along desk.◆ BREAKINGAtlantic superstorm Category 4—Explosive intensification over record-warm North Atlantic waters — storm surge warnings issued for Ireland, Cornwall and northwestern Spain. Landfall threat within 48 hours.◆ BREAKINGTornado outbreak — 8 states—More than 40 confirmed tornadoes overnight across Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas. At least 12 fatalities confirmed. Search and rescue ongoing in multiple communities.◆ ALERTCyclone watch — Bay of Bengal—Tropical system organising rapidly in the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh and Myanmar coastal authorities issuing evacuation orders for low-lying areas. Landfall risk Friday.◆ ALERTFlash flood emergency — Bangladesh—Monsoon rivers rising at record pace across Bangladesh and Myanmar. Hundreds of thousands displaced. International aid agencies mobilising emergency response teams.◆ UPDATECalifornia reservoir levels surge—Sierra Nevada snowpack at 180% of normal following extraordinary atmospheric river sequence. Shasta Lake climbs from 28% to 94% capacity — first full reservoir in three years.◆ ALERTAntarctic ice melt — new study—West Antarctic Ice Sheet losing mass 40% faster than worst-case IPCC scenarios. Research team warns feedback loops may now be irreversible. Published in Nature today.◆ UPDATECO₂ above 430 ppm at Mauna Loa—NOAA and Scripps recorded a May 2025 monthly average above 430 ppm — the first time the seasonal peak crossed that mark — continuing a rise of roughly 3 ppm per year. (NOAA / Scripps)◆ UPDATEGlobal coral bleaching declared—NOAA and ICRI declare fourth global mass bleaching event — 82% of tropical reefs affected across 54 countries. Scientists call it an extinction-scale event for reef ecosystems.◆
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Tagging Along · Live Dispatch Season

Four species, four migrations, one map.

We're following monarch butterflies, raptors riding the coastal ridge, whales along blue corridors, and sea turtles on their ancient nesting rounds.
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Monarchs
A 3,000-mile migration on tissue-paper wings
Eastern monarchs funnel through Cape May each fall en route to oyamel fir forests in central Mexico.
Journey North · Monarch Watch
Raptors
Ridges, thermals, and the river of hawks
Broad-wings, Cooper's, sharp-shinned, kestrels and merlins — counted at watch sites along the Appalachians.
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Whales
Blue corridors — migrations the size of oceans
Humpbacks, grays, right whales, and orcas tracing ancient routes across shipping lanes and international borders.
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Turtles
Ancient mariners, satellite tags
Loggerheads, greens, leatherbacks, Kemp's ridleys — tracked via iNaturalist sightings and seaturtle.org.
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Featured: Journey North

The gold standard for monarch migration

Journey North aggregates citizen-science monarch sightings across North America in real time, producing weekly migration maps each spring and fall. Essential reading when the funnel hits Cape May.

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On the whale beat

Thirty years of tracks, one map

WWF's Blue Corridors platform brings together decades of satellite-tracking data from researchers worldwide, visualizing the migration superhighways of nine whale species across ocean basins.

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Key sites on the map
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Cape May, NJ
Monarch superhighway + raptor bottleneck. RNN home base.
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Hawk Mountain, PA
Keystone raptor watch site. 125k+ raptors counted each fall.
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Stellwagen Bank, MA
Humpback and right whale feeding grounds, spring through fall.
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Archie Carr NWR, FL
Most important loggerhead & green turtle nesting beach in the US.
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Michoacán, Mexico
Monarch overwintering sanctuaries. Final destination.
Editor's note

What counts as a ping. Points are verified citizen-science sightings from iNaturalist — a photo, a time, a location. Most are wild encounters, which is how we learn the shape of a migration.

What counts as live. The feed refreshes every five minutes. For deeper migration context, see Journey North (monarchs) and WWF Blue Corridors (whales).

Sources: iNaturalist · Journey North · WWF Blue Corridors · seaturtle.org
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Cheboygan dam holds as hydraulic turbine restarted, but 32 counties remain under state of emergency

The water level at the Cheboygan Lock and Dam Complex fell to 5.16 inches below the crest Friday morning, a drop of 0.24 inches after crews restored the hydroelectric turbine, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported. The dam remains at Level 2 — the “set” stage — indicating residents between the dam and Lake Huron should be prepared to evacuate. Governor Gretchen Whitmer has declared a state of emergency in 32 Michigan counties. The National Weather Service says flood warnings remain in effect through Sunday for nearly two dozen northern Michigan counties, with an additional 0.25 to 0.75 inches of rain forecast Friday evening.

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