Author: David La Puma

  • Riders on the storm

    There was a bit of migration last night on the eve of the approaching cold front. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through sunrise this morning. You can see that a small amount of birds were moving just after sunset, and were later joined by a larger group as the front passed and the […]

  • Light migration tonight

    South winds tapered off around 9:00pm, and winds at 3,000 feet (900mb) were 5-10 kts out of the NE, so there was definitely some migration tonight, albeit small. With winds turning north tomorrow, we should see a bigger push tomorrow night. I’ll post the radar in the morning.

  • Just a trickle last night

    A trickle of migrants were apparent on the radar last night, as winds were generally out of the southeast, although they did die down to variable speed overnight. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through sunrise this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour for reflectivity and velocity, and every hour for the regional composite. […]

  • Catching up 1…

    This is a little “backed up” from two nights ago. The radar is actually from sunset on August 27th, until the morning of the 28th. Frames are every 1/2 hour for reflectivity and velocity, and every hour for the regional composite. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. P.S. Come see what’s happening […]

  • Another big flight tonight!

    The Mid-Atlantic and most of the Northeast is under some heavy nocturnal migration tonight. This is the second big night in a row, and will definitely mean new birds in the New Jersey area by morning. I’ll post the radar in the morning, but overall movement looks like it’s from the NE–>SW. In the meantime, […]

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