The north wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then, Poor thing? He’ll sit in a barn, To keep himself warm, And hide his head under his wing, Poor thing. -Anon (from Mother Goose) The forecast is calling for north winds through the weekend, so it looks like […]

North winds this past week have kept migration on “pause”. A small movement of birds from Cuba was evident on the Key West radar last night, as well as a larger movement out of Jacksonville, Florida. This means little for us in the near future, as north winds are forecast to persist through Tuesday night. […]

Nothing on the radar screen tonight. Winds will remain out of the North for the next few nights, keeping migration at a halt.

Okay, I’ve posted the radar just to show you what “no migration” looks like. These animations represent one frame per hour from sunset last night through sunrise this morning. You can see the bands of precipitation moving from WNW to ESE, which corresponds to the prevailing winds. No “biological signal” (the peppery blue signature) appears […]

An interesting bit of migratory information is coming in from the NEXRAD feeds this evening. It seems that although we’re under some NW winds tonight, the winds over Norfolk, VA are coming out of the SE. So far there’s a light movement of birds out of VA and heading over the Delmarva Peninsula. Birds are […]