Category: Spring Migration 2010

  • The unfairness of high pressure

    Well, while most of the country experienced moderate to high levels of migration last night, the Delmarva got taxed, and New Jersey may have gotten a small, but early, refund (which seems appropriate, given today’s date, eh?). Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 7:30am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on […]

  • No birds moving into the mid-Atlantic last night…

    …but there will be some on the way tonight! I’ll give an update later this afternoon, but In the meantime, I’m catching up on a few hours of sleep. Would you please turn out the light before you leave? Good Birding, and Tax Filing, David

  • New arrivals as far as Central NJ

    Great migration weather from the Central Flyway all the way to the East Coast has resulted in another big flight of migrants into the region. A dry front which moved down over New York and into Central NJ last night, though, appears to have stopped birds in their tracks along the way. Here’s the radar […]

  • It’s beginning to look a lot like…

    SPRING! Last night the radar was really cranking across the Central, Mississippi and Eastern flyways, as winds were either light and variable, or southerly. Migration was still heaviest in the southern tier of states, with the lightest movement being over the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. That said, birds clearly moved into the Mid-Atlantic from points south […]

  • NW winds postpone migration

    Northwest winds kept migrants from leaving last night, so no changes due to nocturnal migrants is to be expected today. What might come in on the Northwest winds, though? A redirected Swallow-tailed Kite perhaps? Who knows?! Go birding! Good Birding David

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