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Woodcreeper On The Road: POINT PELEE FESTIVAL OF BIRDS DAY 2
Today is my second full day at Point Pelee National Park in Ontario and will kick off as it did yesterday, with me leading a walk looking for migrants throughout this historic spring hotspot. But before that, let’s look at the radar and see what was going on overhead during the night.
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Upper Midwest waits for the next front, while the rest of the U.S. marches on
High-pressure-driven northwest winds across the Great Plains and Midwest kept migration activity low for the interior U.S. last night, but otherwise birds were on the move for the rest of the country.
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Strong front brings many birds and regional fallouts to the eastern U.S.
Trans-Gulf migrants continued to arrive along the Texas/Louisiana coast late yesterday, followed by heavy nocturnal migration along the latest front to march eastward across the U.S. This front, extending from South Texas to the Gulf of Maine, triggered heavy migration and caused localized fallouts across several regions. Parts of the Texas coast, the Mid Atlantic U.S. and New York State should see evidence of migrant fallout this morning. A smaller pulse of migration was also evident across parts of the Upper Midwest as a second front moved through overnight, and migration continued up the Pacific Flyway from California to Washington State.
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Woodcreeper On The Road: POINT PELEE FESTIVAL OF BIRDS DAY 1
So I’m now in Leaminton, Ontario for the 2013 Point Pelee Festival of Birds and I’m really looking forward to visiting this renowned spring migration hotspot for the next two days. Many birds arrived to the region two nights ago but winds have since turned northerly and will continue to be through my visit. It’ll be interesting to see how this affects the birding conditions here and I can’t wait to get out in the field this morning!
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Woodcreeper On The Road: BIGGEST WEEK IN AMERICAN BIRDING DAY 3
Todays is my last day in Ohio, and will be my first evening in Ontario as I head north to join the Festival of Birds in Point Pelee National Park. Before I head north, though, I’m going to check out the birds that await us on the Magee Marsh boardwalk. Judging by the radar it should be awesome this morning!