Author: David La Puma

  • A lull between waves

    I’m still a bit beat from the BigSit… Here’s the radar from sunset last night through sunrise this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. A cold front draped across the Mid-Atlantic pretty much kept migration activity to a minimum last night, with only a small pulse […]

  • Big migration into the mid-Atlantic

    Good morning! We’re reporting live from the Cape May Hawkwatch where light northeast winds are promising to make things a little more challenging for our Big Sit today. The radar was/is quite impressive into this morning, so we’re optimistic we can make a go at it. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am […]

  • Need some sleep… here’s the outlook

    I need to get some rest before the 24-hour marathon, so I’m posting this on Friday night instead. Winds have begun to shift from due west to northwest, which is triggering a bit of migration over southern NY and all of New Jersey. Most birds are heading southeast and some can be seen getting pushed […]

  • Heavy migration into the Mid-Atlantic

    Well, that pesky low finally moved northeast enough to let the floodgates swing open again, and swing it did! Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Looking at the regional composite you can see that the low […]

  • Recent posts on Jerseybirds

    In response to the recent attention on Jerseybirds, I figured I’d post a quick note. You can read the original posts here: https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1010&L=Jerseybi&D=1&T=0&O=D&P=4594 https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1010&L=Jerseybi&D=1&T=0&O=D&P=5396 and https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1010&L=Jerseybi&D=1&T=0&O=D&P=6361 To clarify, with some time and effort, radar data can be analyzed to estimate absolute numbers of birds migrating overhead. These values are highly variable under certain weather conditions, […]

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