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Look Boss! De Birds! De Birds!
Now THAT’S what we call an “uncorking” of the migration bottleneck! Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. The conditions along the Central, Mississippi and Eastern Flyways were all favorable for migration last night, as mostly southerly flow brought high densities of birds up out of the Yucatan […]
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Nothing last night, but that’s about to change!
Winds were downright belligerent last night, and out of the totally wrong direction, at that. Okay, so I’m bitter that I had to walk the dog in what felt like hurricane-force northwest winds. Either way, migration along the eastern flyway was nil. But that’s only part of the story. The Central and parts of the […]
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The calm before the storm
Very little migration was apparent on the local radar last night, but don’t be fooled into thinking that this trend will continue. Here’s the radar from 7:00pm yesterday through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. On the regional composite you can see some moderate […]
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Northwest winds; birds stay put. Looking forward to Friday AM.
Can you tell by the title that I’ve been “tweet”ing a bit too much?? Nothing was moving last night as the winds were out of the NW and, well, why press your luck when it’s this early in the spring!? But have you seen the wind forecast for Thursday night?? SSW winds are on tap […]
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Nothing going on tonight (this morning)
This is a preemptive post. I’ll be sleeping in an extra hour since there’s nothing going on on the radar this evening. See you back here on Wednesday! Good Birding David