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Birds stalled to our south due to storms
National overview As with yesterday, a stationary front draped across the US represents the boundary between migration and none. North winds and precipitation to the north of the boundary are keeping birds grounded, while southerly winds to the south of the boundary area bringing them into the Midwest. I’m on my way to Texas this […]
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More birds into the south, pesky high pressure to the north
With high pressure moving out to the northeast and low pressure sliding in behind it, we saw strong migration across most of the US east of the Mississippi last night. Trans-Gulf migration continues from Texas to Florida, and Caribbean migrants continue to arrive in Florida under favorable conditions as well. Storms associated with the low over Kansas moved northeast out of the Plains into the Upper Midwest and appear to have cut off some of the northbound migration into our region. As you will see in the radar loops below, migration continues to be strongest in the southern part of the forecast area with birds still awaiting better conditions to push into the North Woods.
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Migration heats up across the country with possible fallout conditions in the Upper Midwest
National overview Favorable migration conditions were evident for at least part of the night throughout the eastern US as a series of surface lows pushed their way across the country. Heavy precipitation along the stationary front draped across northern Missouri and southern Iowa, as well as the heavy precipitation moving across central and northern Wisconsin, […]
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Birds bypass us to the east as low pressure sweeps across region
National overview As my friend Kyle used to say when things didn’t necessarily go the way he hoped, “Sometimes chicken; sometimes feathers”. As the most recent cold front marched eastward over the region last night it triggered widespread migration for most of the US from Texas to Chicago and east to the Mid-Atlantic. Unfortunately for […]
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Southerly flow up the central US triggers moderate to heavy migration into the region
National overview As a string of low pressure cells moved eastward across the US, they brought with them more southerly flow from Texas to the Twin Cities of Minnesota. Migration was heaviest throughout the middle of the country, but significant influx into the northern reaches was thwarted by heavy precipitation associated with the front. Otherwise […]