With the winds dying down a bit, and the pool of migrant-ready birds reduced, last night’s migration event was clearly smaller than the last few nights; but the differences are only apparent relative to the heavy migration recently experienced. Here’s the radar from 7:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. […]

It happened again! Here’s the radar from 7:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Winds across the region remained northerly last night (although they were expected to turn more northeasterly), the moon was large, and the sky was clear, setting the […]

Yesterday we saw the passing of another cold front across the mid-Atlantic, followed by high pressure building in throughout the entire eastern half of the United States. This resulted in a strong north/northwesterly flow from Glasgow, Montana down to Brownsville, Texas and all the way to the east coast from Caribou, Maine down to Key […]

It was a slow night, as the winds turned southerly on the eve of the next approaching cold front. Here’s the radar from 7:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Winds over the Northeast and mid-Atlantic were southerly for most of […]

Birds were on the move last night, but not without obstacle. Here’s the radar from 7:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Migration over the mid-Atlantic was heaviest in the southern half of the region, where winds remained westerly for most […]