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Radar Down
For whatever reason, the radar went down last night and all of my downloads were either the same image, or said something like “RADAR IS UNDER MAINTENANCE”. Oh well, at least they’re maintaining it. Migration was high to our south last night, with a good push into south Jersey up to the frontal line that […]
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Migration Forecast – birds up and down the east coast
Another big movement underway tonight. Birds are moving from the SW to NE, setting us up for a nice influx of birds overnight. We haven’t had great densities yet, as the last few evenings have been very conducive to migration without weather to put birds down in any particular place. The should remain the case […]
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Eastern flyway goin’ off!
Wow! The radar is ablaze tonight across the entire Eastern Flyway, most of the Mississippi Flyway and part of the Central Flyway. One could say that the floodgates are open after several weeks of poor to mediocre migration conditions. Even tonight though, winds on the surface are variable and winds aloft have a northerly component, begging […]
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Big migration over the Mid-Atlantic
Heavy migration over the entire Mid Atlantic last night, including New Jersey. The predominant movement was from the s/sw to n/ne, and it looks like all spring migrant traps should be very birdy today. New species should be expected at most locations, with the majority of new diversity across the southern part of the state. […]
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Birds on the move
Birds are desperate to migrate! Both the Fort Dix and Dover radar stations were showing nocturnal migration last night despite the less-than-perfect wind conditions (from the north at altitude, but calm at the surface). This is a moderate migration event although new birds clearly made it across the Delaware bay and into South Jersey including […]