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A nice flight into Central Wisconsin
Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Well, we’ve had a few flights so far this season, but this one was definitely the densest nocturnal event to date. Migration was evident across the entire Plains region down into the Gulf states last night, with Central Wisconsin and Minnesota […]
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Precip building over the Midwest and southwest flow for the Mid-Atlantic
I just returned from outside in Madison, WI, where I was met by a swarm of flying insects… don’t ask me what they were, but I can tell you one thing: they’re all prospective bird food! Spring is springing all around today. Southerly flow from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes will mean migration […]
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Woodcreeper.com Spring 2012
Hello? Did somebody say migration? Well, if the three-week-early spring weather hasn’t yet broken your hibernation, nor the ever-increasing dawn chorus from half-hardies and winter residents yet rattled your ear bones; wake up and smell the zugunruhe! This $!&$’s about to go down! In case you hadn’t seen it yet, the Cornell Lab of O […]
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Rarity Roundup Results
This years rarity roundup, with the ominous start date of 11-11-11, sure looked good on paper! NW winds on Friday turning WSW on Saturday just felt like a conveyor belt for wayward western strays. The reality, though, was a little bit different. Thanks to everyone who participated, which included a number of fantastic and dedicated […]
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Feathered treats fly down the coast…
…although the radar cannot resolve whether broomsticks were involved. Here’s the radar from sunset last night though 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Since the last of the cold front had cleared the region by yesterday morning, migration over the mid-Atlantic has been set […]