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Birds on the move
Birds are desperate to migrate! Both the Fort Dix and Dover radar stations were showing nocturnal migration last night despite the less-than-perfect wind conditions (from the north at altitude, but calm at the surface). This is a moderate migration event although new birds clearly made it across the Delaware bay and into South Jersey including […]
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Birds are coming
Wow. I just got back from the DVOC talk and when I stepped out of the car in my driveway I noticed that the wind was very still and the sky totally clear. I couldn’t help but think that maybe birds were migrating even though the forecast was for northerly winds. When I booted up […]
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Birds and weather
It was a messy night on the radar for sure. Nocturnal migration to our south picked up significantly overnight, but migration over New Jersey was thwarted by several storms pushing into the state throughout the night. This isn’t necessarily bad, though. It appears that a line of storms over Southern New Jersey effectively shut down […]
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No migration evident last night
Not a bird was present on the radar last night, as strong NW winds dominated the Northeast.
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No migration last night
North winds and storms.