Category: Fall Migration 2010

  • Cold front: Day 2

    Northwest winds continue to blanket the eastern seaboard, triggering another night of migration from Maine to Florida. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. The northeast and mid-Atlantic continued to produce good to excellent migration conditions for […]

  • The next big push

    Yesterday we watched the latest cold front march eastward, transitioning surface and upper-level winds from southwest to northwest. As expected this opened the migration floodgates once again, and it looks like the door will remain open for at least another night or two. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames […]

  • The birds will come out… Tomorrow

    For the second night in a row, southerly winds on the eve of the approaching cold front have kept precluded any appreciable movement of birds. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am this morning. Note, though, that some frames are missing due to radar error. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the […]

  • South winds shut it down

    Winds are back out of the south now, and little migration is occurring across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic. Expect things to back-up for a couple of nights, and then cut loose again on Wednesday and Thursday nights. This will mean another big push into the region for Thursday and Friday mornings. Good Birding David ps. […]

  • More birds pushing through

    No time to post the radar tomorrow, so I thought I’d give  a quick update before catching a couple hours of sleep. Lite southwest winds aren’t keeping birds from migrating tonight. Birds should be dispersed across the landscape tomorrow, with interior migrant traps just as likely to hold birds as those along the coast. If […]

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