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Some migration "down south”
NEXRAD radar image(s) [KDOX BREF1] Birds are moving across the Delmarva heading toward Cape May, while the line of storms marks the division between favorable (to the south) and unfavorable (to the north) migration conditions. Blogged with Flock
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Big northeast migration
Birds were migrating last night, from Florida all the way up through New Jersey. Winds aloft were favorable for migration, and even though a line of thunderstorms was draped over New Jersey, birds appeared unfazed. The winds above and below the frontal line were relatively similar, making it possible for birds to push through the […]
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Birds on the move tonight!
Woohoo! Birds are on the move over the Southeast, including North Carolina, Virginia, the Delmarva peninsula, and into South Jersey. Better yet, there’s a line of thunderstorms sitting over Central Jersey and birds are heading right into it. Since it’s still very early in migration, the likely migrants are still those which winter in the […]
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Migration tonight- not straightforward
Sometimes you just wish for a straightforward answer, and of course, you get something a whole lot more complicated. That’s what I found tonight. I checked the local weather for Central Jersey: south/southwest winds, 6kts, clear skies…that sounded good. Then I checked the radar, nothing going on along the Eastern seaboard. Hmmm…”must be something with […]
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Noel Wamer – Self proclaimed grumpy old liberal – radar guru – passes on.
At the end of each summer and winter I’d get an email from Noel announcing the coming of another migration season. These would continue through the spring and fall, during which we would both announce to the other how “awesome” the flight was on a given night. Noel used to run a website called Badbirdz.com, […]