Last night it happened. The winds finally lightened up enough over southern Ontario and northern New York to allow the bottleneck of migrants in these north woods to head south. While I don’t have enough time to post the radar this morning, this image will give you a glimpse of what it looked like at […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]