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A nice coastal push of nocturnal migrants
We should start seeing a little more diversity today, as the Eastern Seaboard got a jolt of migration activity overnight last night. 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. High pressure and southerly winds last night triggered […]
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light flight over Mid-Atlantic
Wow, what a difference a day makes! The glorious weather finally made its way eastward yesterday, as the latest cold front (this one being quite dry) pushed to the coast in the early morning hours on Sunday. Northwest winds built in behind it throughout the day, but were no match for the intensity of the […]
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Migration Forecast: More birds arriving tomorrow
I’m making this blog entry the night before because I’m planning to head out of the house well before I would usually post the radar. Therefore I won’t get the radar up on the site until later in the day, but for now I just wanted to make a few comments about the pending weather. […]
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Northbound birds
Good morning! last night birds were on the move again, especially along the Eastern Flyway. 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. While migration was apparent across the entire Mid-Atlantic region, southeast winds appear to have favored […]
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Heavy migration up the Eastern Flyway
Finally, the real uncorking of the migration bottleneck has commenced! It was only a matter of time, really. Last night the conditions along the entire east coast were favorable for migration, with winds either light and variable, or with a light southerly component (more southeasterly in the southern half of the country, turning to more […]