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Heavy migration tonight
Here’s the radar from 10:45pm tonight. I’m down in Florida right now, working on the Cape Sable seaside sparrow project, and I don’t have regular internet access. In lieu of posting the full radar, I’m letting you know that there is a MAJOR movement of birds over New Jersey right now. Birds are heading right […]
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Radar Down
For whatever reason, the radar went down last night and all of my downloads were either the same image, or said something like “RADAR IS UNDER MAINTENANCE”. Oh well, at least they’re maintaining it. Migration was high to our south last night, with a good push into south Jersey up to the frontal line that […]
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Very little migration last night
The weather minimized migration last night, as the front of storms pushed into our area early in the evening. The composite shows strong migration echoes over the Mid-Atlantic, with some movement into southern Pennsylvania, but most stopping short of entering either PA or NJ. This is setting us up for a big push tonight, as […]
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Going in through the out-door
Here’s the radar from sunset last night through sunrise this morning. Since the frontal passage winds have switched around to the north. Both the Fort Dix and Dover radars show objects moving from north –> south in the early evening, which we can safely rule out as birds. That changes, though, late last night, as […]
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Big migration over New Jersey
See last night’s forecast for details. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am this morning. There was extensive migration from the SW to NE last night, meaning that many new birds have entered the state. Migration peaked around midnight, and tapered off significantly around 2:00am when a front crossed the state from the […]