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No migration expected tonight
Nothing is moving on the radar tonight with all this storm activity and northwest winds across the state. During times of minimal migration, birds that are present will seek out and congregate in optimal foraging habitat. I won’t be posting the radar in the morning unless something changes- instead I’ll be headed to Sandy Hook […]
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Riders on the Storm
Birds are seen moving over the Fort DIX (KDIX) radar just after sunset and continuing on into the early morning hours when storms completely obscure the image. Judging by the velocity image, since the winds within the storms were primarily from the southwest, it’s plausible to suggest that birds continued migrating until around 2:00am, when […]
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Forecast for tomorrow
According to the radar, hordes of birds are currently leaving central and northern New Jersey as the storm front moves eastward across the state. Migration over south Jersey and Delaware appears to have been shutdown already; although there is heavy migration over Virginia and North Carolina heading directly toward New Jersey. Assuming that these storms […]
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Very little migration last night
Although birds were moving south of us, very little moved into or over New Jersey last night. Frames are every 1/2 hour for reflectivity and velocity, and 1 hour for the regional composite Get your woodcreeper.com bumper stickers here, and other cool gear at our new CafePress online store
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Interestingness
RunForTheWoods_58 Originally uploaded by woodcreeper. Last Saturday… I was photographing our annual Run For The Woods fundraiser at the Frank G. Helyar Woods (part of the Rutgers Gardens). I love this guy’s display of school spirit! If you can’t read the writing on the paper pinned to his shirt- it says “IMUS SUCKS” On another […]