Not quite a Halloween blizzard, the big low pressure system that dumped rain and snow across the region is now spinning its way off of the US coast to the northeast. For those locales which were outside of its clutches by late last night we saw some migration activity as birds took advantage of the […]

As I sit here pouring over the radar, I’m left to wonder: “Why the heck isn’t my heat working!??” Oh well. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. The strengthening low pressure system to our south is […]

I absolutely love that Doors song, which probably explains why this blog post title has been recycled four times since 2007. Anyway, if you were in the Northeast or mid-Atlantic last night then you probably heard (and/or felt) the latest cold front roar across the region as it headed east into the Atlantic Ocean. With […]

More migration last night, but I’ve gotta get out early today so the radar will have to wait. You don’t have to though, as you can get the real-time (and archived) radar for today via this website: http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/radar/ I’ll post an update with the radar and interpretation later today.   Until then, good birding!   […]

With so many birds in the system right now it’s hard not to have some level of migration unless conditions are terrible for nocturnal flight. Last night the winds turned light and southerly over most of the region but birds still took advantage of the clear and stable atmosphere. Here’s the radar from sunset last […]