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Early morning arrivals?
So I checked the radar at 1:30am, and the front was still moving east into our area…but no birds had pushed through into the state. When I checked the 5:30am just now (at 10:19am), some birds can be clearly seen moving from N–>S across New Jersey, indicating that some did indeed make it through the […]
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Southerly winds keeping the birds down
No migration was evident on the radar last night, but I figured I’d throw in the animated loops since you’re probably going through a bit of withdrawal. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:30am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour for reflectivity and velocity, and every hour for the regional composite. Click […]
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No migration last night
Winds were out of the south across the region last night, and no signs of migration were evident on the radar. This pattern will hold through Tuesday, but will eventually be replaced by and approaching cold front. Come and check out my migration forecast on Birdcapemay.org to see what’s in store for us later this […]
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Exodus from north to south
Well, I have to give Don Freiday partial credit for calling migration last night. I expected the winds to have a bit more south on them, but over most of the region they remained westerly. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 6:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour for reflectivity and velocity, […]
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Early morning arrivals??
Hmm…with the passing cold front last night, it appeared that nothing was moving over the state…but as of early this morning the west winds may have brought a few new birds into New Jersey. Both inland (because of the late migration) and coastal sites (because birds are being pushed to the coast by west winds) […]