Okay, so tonight the conditions are favoring east coast migration. Surface winds are forecast from the north to northwest (good for coastal sites), and the winds between the surface and 800mb are forecast from the north to northeast. Depending on what elevation bird decide to migrate at, we could see an influx from Pennsylvania to […]

Here’s the radar from sunset last night through about midnight…then the radar goes into the infinite loop of doom. It looks like the storms to our north, along with strong easterlies over the northeast kept most of the migration to our west. There was some migration evident over our area last night, but it seemed […]

Hmmm…well, another night of great migration across the MS and Central flyways, and even the Eastern, with the EXCEPTION of New Jersey/New York due to persistent rain. There appears to be some movement over New Jersey, and some to the north, so we’ll just have to see if the precipitation can get outta here in […]

…THAT, is the question. There has been a whole lot of migration going on over the past three nights along the Mississippi and Central Flyways. I have compiled three composite images, one per night, for the entire US. These run from sunset to after sunrise for each day. The files are large, so they may […]

Nothing happening on the radar tonight, although the Mississippi and Central flyways are really cranking. If the forecast is correct this pattern should hold through Friday, and we should see a heavy movement of birds on Friday night. Funny how I just jokingly promised the Burlington Co. Natural Science Club a good flight for Saturday […]