Category: Fall Migration 2008

  • Birds on the move as cold front clears mid-Atlantic

    Last night’s radar was a great example of the “migration window”, something I’ve mentioned in previous posts, but rarely get to see play out. Here’s the radar from 7:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. The “migration window” I’m referring to […]

  • Very little migration

    I’m not going to post the radar in the morning, since it’s 1:36am and I’m planning on sleeping for at least 8 hours tonight (this morning). A small number of birds did take to the sky just after sunset, but due to the strong southerly headwind, all migration ended soon after it began. Don’t expect […]

  • Heavy migration on northwest winds and clear skies

    Now that’s migration! Here’s the radar from 7:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Due to technical difficulties, the regional composite image did not download correctly, and therefore could not be posted. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Winds were northwesterly over the northeastern and mid-Atlantic US […]

  • Heavy migration over NJ and mid-Atlantic

    Oh geeze… I really blew this one. TS Hanna made tracks across the northeastern US, and northwest winds build in promptly behind it triggering heavy migration over the region. Here’s the radar from 7:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning (about the time I got home, from a wedding, on my birthday… you do the […]

  • No migration last night

    I know… I said I was taking the weekend off… but there’s some really cool migration going on in Florida right now, and I need to get up anyway to post the radar to Badbirdz-Reloaded, our Florida companion site. Come on by and check it out if you’ve got a second. As for the mid-Atlantic, […]

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