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Spring Migration Day #1
And so it begins. Although at any moment of any day of any year some species of bird, somewhere, is migrating; today marks the first significant spring movement of nocturnal migrants over our state. Last night the winds were light and out of the south, providing optimal conditions for northbound birds. Don’t expect any major […]
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2007 Migration Sensation
Here we go again! I know, it’s still early March- but I was born prematurely, and so I often find myself chomping at the bit. Sam Galick alerted me to some signs of migration on last night’s radar of the southeastern United States. Low densities of birds were moving last night as the winds along […]
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Migration over Jerze & Closing for Winter
LETS GO METS! What a great game….but alas, it’s the reason I couldn’t wake up early enough to post the radar this morning. Anyway, Here’s the radar from 2 hours after sunset last night (no radar was available for the first two hours) until sunrise this morning. As you can see, birds are still on […]
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Nothing but the rain and the Glavine blues last night…
No migration last night as storms worked their way across the state. Glavine obviously couldn’t make it enough innings to hold off the St. Louis offense…man I hate Dave Eckstein. Hopefully we’ll get a little movement of birds tonight, and the Mets will cream the Cardinals at Shea. Good Birding
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Late fall fallout???
Hmmm…the radar is enticing! It looks like a moderate migration last night was shut down in the early AM hours by an approaching low pressure system that originated in the gulf several days ago. I think most hotspots should be hot today, but the interior locations should be especially stacked with late fall migrants (many […]