Category: Migration

  • Heavy migration across the eastern flyway

    Last night was a beaut! Northeast winds and clear skies paved the way for heavy migration across the region. Here’s the radar from 7:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. The regional composite really tells the story for last night’s migration […]

  • Big push of birds into mid-Atlantic

    North winds and clear skies made for another night of heavy migration into the mid-Atlantic. Here’s the radar from 7:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. A weak cold front pushed east of the mid-Atlantic yesterday, allowing high pressure to build […]

  • Moderate migration into light headwind

    Here’s the radar from 7:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. While I had expected south winds to keep birds down, the radar indicates that the winds were too light to thwart migration over the mid-Atlantic. All radars showed some level […]

  • Birds heading out of mid-Atlantic

    While not as drastic as I had originally anticipated, birds do appear to have moved through the mid-Atlantic region in a manner that would suggest an overall net loss in density. Here’s the radar from 7:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized […]

  • More migration on north winds

    Winds were variable at different altitudes last night; northeast on the surface, and northwest aloft. Either way, both triggered another night of heavy migration over the entire region. Here’s the radar from 7:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Based on […]

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