By “wheel”, of course, I mean that pesky low. 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 low remains parked over the mid-Atlantic and parts of the northeast, bringing a counter-clockwise vortex of wind and rain, and […]

… here I am, stuck in the middle with __________ [rain, wind, cold, yesterday’s birds, etc.]. 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. As you can see, a low pressure system is parked right over New Jersey […]

…although this morning’s text message from Tom Johnson made me wish I had: “morning flight very good at Higbee. Many birds on the ground too.” I’ll get to posting the radar asap, but it’s suffice to say that birds were on the move last night, despite the locally hostile weather. Actually, given the northerly winds […]

I’ll keep this brief. MORE BIRDS INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC! 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. Where strong northwest winds pushed the last flight to the Atlantic coast, light and variable winds turned northeast this morning to […]

There’s very little to say, really, that hasn’t been said over the last two days. The bottleneck of birds across the northeastern US was uncorked last night and the birds exploded southward after sunset. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to […]