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More heavy migration
More heavy migration last night, as the region continues to be influenced by the N/NW winds following the passage of the last cold front. No time to post the radar this morning, but I’ll attempt to get it up later this afternoon. Since no weather was present to cause birds to concentrate at any one […]
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More migration over the NE and Mid-Atlantic
Here’s the radar from 6:00pm on 10/11 through 6:00pm on 10/12. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. The floodgates remained open on Sunday night, as birds took to the sky at high densities across the NE and Mid-Atlantic. Migration appeared heaviest inland, with NYC only showing a […]
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Huge flight into the NE and Mid-Atlantic
Here’s the radar from 6:00pm on 10/10 to 12:30pm on 10/11. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. This is a “make-up” post, since I was down in Cape May doing the Big Sit event and couldn’t post the radar at the time. Instead of the normal duration, […]
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Migration and birding forecast
Tonight looks like it’s going to be a big one for birds migrating into the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic US. Northwest winds are forecast from northern New York state down to the Delmarva Peninsula. Throughout the night, winds will likely turn more northerly along the coast, and even northeasterly inland, but by that time there will […]
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Not much moving on the radar last night
With winds out of the WSW, no migrating birds could be identified on the radar last night. There was a signal, but all movement was WSW at speeds consistent with the prevailing winds. That said, I received some reports of some nocturnal flight calls, mostly sparrows, from Central NJ last night. It’s possible that birds […]