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Birds all around, but little overhead
Northerly flow over NJ last night appears to have kept most migrants on the ground with only a light movement evident on the Fort DIX radar and the only heavier migration over extreme southwest near the mouth of the Delaware River. Still, migration was evident elsewhere; over NY State, PA, and especially over the western […]
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Birds over Jerze
Last night southwest winds over much of the Mid-Atlantic triggered moderate levels of migration into the region while a stalling stationary front across northern New Jersey minimized any passage of birds out of the Garden State. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the […]
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Nothing going on locally tonight
Winds are howling out of the WNW tonight (here’s the latest wind map) and nothing is moving on the radar (here’s the radar from 10:13 pm tonight) SO… …I’m sleeping until 6:30am and not posting anything until Thursday morning. BUT… …Thursday morning is looking really good so far, so follow my ‘tweets’ on Twitter for […]
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Spring is springing! (alt title: we’re baaaaaaacccckkk)
Oh yeah- things just got kicked up a notch around here. If you’ve been following my twitter feed you know that I’ve been kinda keeping up with the arrival of spring, but last night was definitely the most widespread movement up the east coast that I’ve seen this season. The verdict? Spring has sprung- and […]
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Our sister site has fledged
Here’s the barstool version: In the early 2000s the late Noel Wamer began to post on his website, Badbirdz.com, semi-regular reports of nocturnal migration as illustrated by weather radar imagery. These were almost all from the Key West radar where birds could be seen coming and going from the Florida peninsula. These images were dramatic and […]