In response to the recent attention on Jerseybirds, I figured I’d post a quick note. You can read the original posts here: https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1010&L=Jerseybi&D=1&T=0&O=D&P=4594 https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1010&L=Jerseybi&D=1&T=0&O=D&P=5396 and https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1010&L=Jerseybi&D=1&T=0&O=D&P=6361 To clarify, with some time and effort, radar data can be analyzed to estimate absolute numbers of birds migrating overhead. These values are highly variable under certain weather conditions, […]

Nada. But tomorrow is another story…

By “wheel”, of course, I mean that pesky low. 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 low remains parked over the mid-Atlantic and parts of the northeast, bringing a counter-clockwise vortex of wind and rain, and […]

… here I am, stuck in the middle with __________ [rain, wind, cold, yesterday’s birds, etc.]. 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. As you can see, a low pressure system is parked right over New Jersey […]

…although this morning’s text message from Tom Johnson made me wish I had: “morning flight very good at Higbee. Many birds on the ground too.” I’ll get to posting the radar asap, but it’s suffice to say that birds were on the move last night, despite the locally hostile weather. Actually, given the northerly winds […]