Hurricane Earl is making its way up the eastern seaboard, but far enough offshore so it’s only packing some quick showers and tropical-storm force winds for New Jersey. The general circulation of the storm, along with the cold front approaching to our west, have kept most birds from moving over the last two nights. Here’s […]

Winds finally turned southwesterly last night, effectively shutting down the nocturnal flight that had persisted for the last ten nights prior. Right now the rest of the week is looking hard to predict given the uncertainty of Hurricane Earl. If you believe the National Weather Service, we should see some strong northwest winds on Friday […]

Here we go again (and again, and again, and again…)! 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. High Pressure… it’s the autumn gift that keeps on giving. As you can see from the regional composite, birds took […]

I was just checking out the weather forecast (and keeping an eye on Earl) and noted that the winds should remain out of the northwest over the next two nights, bringing more birds to the region on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Winds are expected to turn southwest on Wednesday which will effectively shut down migration […]