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No migration
Southerly flow at all elevations last night, coupled with some locally heavy precipitation along the Mid-Atlantic coast, appears to have kept any appreciable migration at bay for the second night in a row. Look for surface winds to slacken over the weekend and let a few migration-ready birds into the system, but the real flights […]
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Little-to-no apparent migration
Two evenings of light to moderate migration were followed by southerly winds yesterday, effectively shutting down any major migration events over the region for last night. Here’s the radar from 7:30pm (EDST) last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. The reflectivity images […]
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Zugunruhe overhead
I just checked the radar on the NCAR site here: http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/radar and could see the telltale sign of migration on both the Fort DIX (KDIX) and Dover, DE (KDOX) radar stations. Here’s the 11:55pm base reflectivity image for KDIX and the corresponding velocity image here. For those of you new to this, or if you’re […]
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My computer is in the shop…
…but I get it back tomorrow! Northwest winds tonight mean birds on the move and I’ve heard quite a few flight calls in my limited listening on the front porch. I hope to have woodcreeper.com up and running once I get my computer back- so stay tuned! Until then- don’t believe the hype. Summer is […]
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Ground Control to Woodcreeper…
Sorry for apparently dropping off of the planet. I was in Florida for family matters (Inga’s grandfather’s memorial) which turned more complicated when my own 94-year-old grandmother unexpectedly passed away. Needless to say I wasn’t focused on Mid-Atlantic migration during that week and have only just begun to recover from the whirlwind trip. So right […]