Module 4: Migration in the Ozarks

•      4.1 Why Animals Migrate — Evolutionary drivers, navigation, and the role of the Ozarks as a flyway

•      4.2 Hawk Migration — Broad-winged, sharp-shinned, Cooper's, and other raptors riding autumn thermals

•      4.3 Songbird Migration — Warblers, thrushes, sparrows, and vireos moving through Ozark forests

•      4.4 Waterfowl — Ducks, geese, and shorebirds using Ozark rivers and wetlands

•      4.5 Monarch Butterfly Migration — The fall passage, roost sites, and threats to the migration

•      4.6 Dragonfly Migration — Green darners and other migratory odonate species

•      4.7 Who Stays? — Year-round Ozark residents and how they prepare for winter

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4.8 Field Assignment: Visit a local hawkwatch point or open ridgetop; conduct a 1-hour raptor count and record results