What Animals Migrate South For The Winter
Other animals migrate too.
What animals migrate south for the winter. Vicki Jauron Babylon and Beyond. When winter comes they move south to the shelter of the forests. About 18 of the 10000 species of birds in the world migrate due to changes in the weather seasons.
Like most migratory animals the primary reason for moving is food. The snow geese migrate due to the changing seasons. It is hard for them to find food.
Animals adapt to the winter by hibernating. But at the same time many bird species such as geese swans and ducks migrate to Britain in autumn overwintering on our shores before leaving once more in spring. The RSPBs Gemma Butlin highlights ten species to look out for this autumn some of which have travelled 6000 miles on their epic migration journeys.
A good example of such an animal is the little brown bat. The most common pattern is that birds migrate to the temperate or arctic Northern Hemisphere to breed in the summer and migrate south to warmer regions for the winter. Animals that have traveled across the world to spend the winter months return north typically to mate.
Caribou herds are always on the move migrating between their winter and summer feeding grounds and snatching bits of food along the way. Moose red deer and white perch fish also have displayed an affinity for this individual-oriented migration style. They spend the winter in the southern coastal marshes of California Texas and northern Mexico where they feed on grass and grains.
During winter they fly southwards in a V formation or as a snowstorm of white birds. In the spring the herds go north to feed on low-growing tundra plants. Pink-footed goose pictured above.