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Birds on the move tonight!
Woohoo! Birds are on the move over the Southeast, including North Carolina, Virginia, the Delmarva peninsula, and into South Jersey. Better yet, there’s a line of thunderstorms sitting over Central Jersey and birds are heading right into it. Since it’s still very early in migration, the likely migrants are still those which winter in the […]
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Migration tonight- not straightforward
Sometimes you just wish for a straightforward answer, and of course, you get something a whole lot more complicated. That’s what I found tonight. I checked the local weather for Central Jersey: south/southwest winds, 6kts, clear skies…that sounded good. Then I checked the radar, nothing going on along the Eastern seaboard. Hmmm…”must be something with […]
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Noel Wamer – Self proclaimed grumpy old liberal – radar guru – passes on.
At the end of each summer and winter I’d get an email from Noel announcing the coming of another migration season. These would continue through the spring and fall, during which we would both announce to the other how “awesome” the flight was on a given night. Noel used to run a website called Badbirdz.com, […]
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Migration over Jerze
Some birds were on the move last night, with southerly winds predominating along the approaching cold front. Here’s the radar from last night: Frames represent 1/2 hour intervals As for the next few days, the winds should turn northerly as the front makes its slow passage over our area, shutting down migration completely. Keep your […]
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Birds on the move tonight
Well, it’s not a major movement over New Jersey, but birds are clearly on the move. The winds are light and from the southeast, making for some nice migration conditions. I’m on my way to Florida tomorrow morning, so I may not be able to update the site as often as I’d like. Please use the websites […]