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Bird blockage
Those two words pretty much summed it up for the Mid-Atlantic last night. A frontal boundary that moved in late last night, extending across the Delmarva and west across the middle of the country, created a barrier between some heavy migration over the Southeastern US and the Mid-Atlantic and northeastern US. This system is forecast […]
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Finally- some new birds!
I wish I had more time to comment- but I’m late for some morning birding! Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 6:30am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Check out the trajectory across the radar (using the velocity loops), the intensity (using the […]
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The unfairness of high pressure
Well, while most of the country experienced moderate to high levels of migration last night, the Delmarva got taxed, and New Jersey may have gotten a small, but early, refund (which seems appropriate, given today’s date, eh?). Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 7:30am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on […]
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No birds moving into the mid-Atlantic last night…
…but there will be some on the way tonight! I’ll give an update later this afternoon, but In the meantime, I’m catching up on a few hours of sleep. Would you please turn out the light before you leave? Good Birding, and Tax Filing, David
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Okay… which one of you left the gate open?
I should immediately add the disclaimer that although the floodgates have been left wide open across most of the country, the barn door over New Jersey is still quite stuck in the closed position due to the stationary front to our south. Another disclaimer: the radar appears to have a little indigestion, and more than […]