Category: Migration Radar

  • More migration on north winds

    Winds were variable at different altitudes last night; northeast on the surface, and northwest aloft. Either way, both triggered another night of heavy migration over the entire region. Here’s the radar from 7:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Based on […]

  • Moderate migration over the mid-Atlantic

    With the winds dying down a bit, and the pool of migrant-ready birds reduced, last night’s migration event was clearly smaller than the last few nights; but the differences are only apparent relative to the heavy migration recently experienced. Here’s the radar from 7:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. […]

  • Another big flight over the entire region

    It happened again! Here’s the radar from 7:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Winds across the region remained northerly last night (although they were expected to turn more northeasterly), the moon was large, and the sky was clear, setting the […]

  • Largest migration event of the season, thus far

    Yesterday we saw the passing of another cold front across the mid-Atlantic, followed by high pressure building in throughout the entire eastern half of the United States. This resulted in a strong north/northwesterly flow from Glasgow, Montana down to Brownsville, Texas and all the way to the east coast from Caribou, Maine down to Key […]

  • No migration over the mid-Atlantic

    It was a slow night, as the winds turned southerly on the eve of the next approaching cold front. Here’s the radar from 7:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Winds over the Northeast and mid-Atlantic were southerly for most of […]

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