Not much on the radar last night, even though the winds were favorable for migration. Southwest winds prevailed up and down the east coast last night, yet very little migration appeared from New Jersey down through Virginia. Maybe all the birds that were ready to move did so during the last big push, and now […]

I’ll be ‘out of the office’ until Monday. Until then, use the links on the right hand sidebar (including the real-time radar site). Have a good weekend 🙂

I’m going to jump the gun and predict some good migration tonight. It seems like there’s a line of convection to our west that is expected to keep the southerly winds moving along the coast, and a warm front making its way north, possibly opening the backdoor to some migrants along the mid-Atlantic. There’s also […]

Here’s the radar and velocity from last night. See my previous post for a discussion of the weather. When looking at the radar you can see the trough to the south that was blocking any incoming migration. This is a common occurrence in the spring, and sometimes if the trough moves north overnight, the result […]

Some interesting weather affecting our area tonight and into the weekend. Currently a surface boundary with associated precipitation over the Delmarva peninsula is blocking any major influx of new migrants from the south. Over our area, clear sky and light southwest winds are paving the way for a fine exodus of birds from the Garden […]