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YELLOW-RUMPS; INCOMING!
It’s that time of year again. 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. Heavy migration was apparent last night throughout the northeast and mid-Atlantic US. Upper level winds were in the 10-20kt range and mostly blowing from […]
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More birds over the mid-Atlantic
With more light northerly winds birds took to the sky once again. 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 I’m still recovering from yesterday’s Big Sit (final tally was 117 species) I’ll keep this short and […]
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Bachelors, birds, and big sits
Sorry for not posting this morning, we were celebrating the forthcoming marriage of Glen Davis and Christina Kisiel by dragging Glen all over Atlantic City. Migration was light last night, as it is again tonight, under fairly favorable skies. The lack of strong migration indicates a lag between the long-distance Neotropical migrants and the short-distance […]
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And the floodgates remain open
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. Light northerlies last night triggered another migration event across the entire eastern flyway. This time, though, densities were lower up north, suggesting a diminishing pool of migration-ready birds. Densities down […]
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Heavy migration on the Eastern Flyway
Migration was hot and heavy last night across much of the east coast from Maine to Florida. 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. High pressure over the region set up strong (20-30kt) northwest winds across most […]