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Migration and birding forecast
Tonight looks like it’s going to be a big one for birds migrating into the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic US. Northwest winds are forecast from northern New York state down to the Delmarva Peninsula. Throughout the night, winds will likely turn more northerly along the coast, and even northeasterly inland, but by that time there will […]
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Not much moving on the radar last night
With winds out of the WSW, no migrating birds could be identified on the radar last night. There was a signal, but all movement was WSW at speeds consistent with the prevailing winds. That said, I received some reports of some nocturnal flight calls, mostly sparrows, from Central NJ last night. It’s possible that birds […]
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Heavy flight over NE gets shut down at Mid-Atlantic… BIRDS!
As a major frontal boundary marches west across the country, birds took to the sky over the Northeastern US and Mid-Atlantic. Here’s the radar from 6:00pm last night through 6:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. You can just begin to see the low pressure […]
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Nice flight into and out-of the Mid-Atlantic last night…
…but no time to post the radar! Ouch! While the majority of migration was occurring to our south (over the Southeastern US) northwest winds across the region did trigger some migration into the mid-Atlantic. With the strong westerly component to the winds, expect lots of overshoots at the coast, and hence a late morning flight […]
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Heavy migration over NE and Mid-Atlantic
As the sun set last night, winds over the NE turned from SW to NW, triggering a very respectable flight of nocturnal migrants. Here’s the radar from 6:00pm last night through 6:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. At first glance it appeared that the […]