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No migration last night
Yup, southerly winds kept birds down again last night. I’m not posting the radar today; too much work for too little information. I’ll paint you the picture though: Very small amount of activity on both the Dover and Ft. Dix base reflectivity, not appearing to grow in concentric circles as migrating birds do; the velocity […]
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“Southern winds; don’t need them around, anyhow…”
Aren’t those the lyrics to that CCR Skynyrd song? (thanks Dan…what can I say…5:00AM…) Okay, maybe not. But first, let’s do the radar: Frames are every 1/2 hour for reflectivity and velocity, and every hour for the regional composite. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. South winds dominated the region last night, […]
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No migration last night
Despite all the clutter on the radar, none of it appears to have been birds. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:30am 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 the full-sized animation. The velocity image confirms […]
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The floodgates are open
Last night marked the largest nocturnal migration event of the season, with the entire eastern flyway lighting up like a Christmas tree. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am 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 […]
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Big flight over Jersey
Sweet! The cold front that stretched over central New York and Pennsylvania last night made its way across the region through the early morning, and with it brought northwesterly winds and lots and lots of BIRDS! Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour for reflectivity and […]