Category: Migration

  • Birds over Jerze

    There’s nothing like a tailwind to get birds moving around here, and last night was no exception. Here’s the radar from 6:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. After the cold front pushed offshore on Friday night, high pressure built in […]

  • Light migration, crappy radar

    Migration was light last night, with some birds taking flight after sunset, and heading in a northeasterly direction. Scattered thunderstorms made their way across the region overnight, but not enough to cause any major fallouts (not enough birds, either). Unfortunately both radars went down overnight (only for a couple of hours) which adds enough difficulty […]

  • Light migration last night

    While winds persisted out of the northwest yesterday, some birds were able to take advantage of the clear skies and slackening winds after sunset. No radar today, but just a heads-up that some birds were on the move. Good Birding David

  • Big migration over Jerze

    Southwest winds on the leading edge of a cold front, are to thank for the recent influx of birds into New Jersey. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 7:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour for reflectivity and velocity, and every hour for the regional composite. Click on the thumbnail to view […]

  • Against the wind…

    Little migration last night as the northwest winds finally dampened the northward movement. I don’t have time to post the radar this morning, but will try to do it later today. Tomorrow I begin teaching a class down in Tuckerton, so posting will be sporadic during the next week. I’ll be back on Friday and […]

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