As a major frontal boundary marches west across the country, birds took to the sky over the Northeastern US and Mid-Atlantic. Here’s the radar from 6:00pm last night through 6:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. You can just begin to see the low pressure […]

…but no time to post the radar! Ouch! While the majority of migration was occurring to our south (over the Southeastern US) northwest winds across the region did trigger some migration into the mid-Atlantic. With the strong westerly component to the winds, expect lots of overshoots at the coast, and hence a late morning flight […]

You know it’s really Autumn when… Here’s the radar from 6:00pm last night through 6:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. When I first looked at the wind forecast for last night, I was convinced that no birds would be migrating. This was based on […]

Here’s the radar from 6:00pm last night through 6:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Birds were on the move last night, on light and variable winds. I’m out the door! Good Birding David

With cooperative winds and clear(ish) skies, the conditions were ripe for a night flight over the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic US. Here’s the radar from 6:00pm last night through 6:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. With surface winds blowing light and out of the north, […]