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 […]

I could have just as easily titled this one “the inequalities of cold fronts II”. 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. West and southwest winds built in yesterday across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic. I think the […]

Well, Earl cleared out of here with little fanfare last night, and northwest winds built in behind it in an apparent farewell sendoff. 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. These radar images are a little less […]

Hurricane Earl is making its way up the eastern seaboard, but far enough offshore so it’s only packing some quick showers and tropical-storm force winds for New Jersey. The general circulation of the storm, along with the cold front approaching to our west, have kept most birds from moving over the last two nights. Here’s […]

Winds finally turned southwesterly last night, effectively shutting down the nocturnal flight that had persisted for the last ten nights prior. Right now the rest of the week is looking hard to predict given the uncertainty of Hurricane Earl. If you believe the National Weather Service, we should see some strong northwest winds on Friday […]