Brian Lairn on WNYC and for our last few minutes today and for the week, welcome to spring here on May 3rd.

When the weather keeps switching back and forth between winter and summer, right? Sometimes

in the same day. Flowers are blooming, pollen is floating, and, oh, birds are flying, migrating,

to be exact. It's peak migration season, as you birders out there know. So let's talk birds

for our last few minutes today. At WNYC, we're blessed to have

some birders among us. Kate Hines, we'll be hosting all of it shortly for one. And my guest for this,

Jason Saul, WNYC's assistant program director and a former managing producer for Bird Note. Hey, Jason,

welcome to the show. Good morning, Brian. Thrill to be here.

So is this the best time of year for birders? Yeah, it's really fantastic. In the New York area is when

a lot of our migrants, our neotropical migrants, which means from South America and Central America,

are starting to arrive in our area. And we're getting bird alerts from the bird Twitter accounts just about every day.

And they're really just starting to show up and starting to sing.

You mean they don't fly to Texas and then Governor Abbott deport them to New York?

There is a lot of fun conversation about migrants and the movement of people as well as the

movement of animals. And a lot of the people who are arriving in New York are probably familiar

with some of the birds that are arriving here right now. We're going to get some birding tips

for this time of year from Jason here.

But listeners, do you have a question about the birds or birding?

What was your spark bird, as I think they call it in that world?

If you're already a birding enthusiast, have you had a big sighting already this spring?

Favorite birding spot?

Call and share it, 212-433. WNRC, 212, 433, 9692, or you can text.

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