Monthly Archives: September 2005

Big Migration over Jerze

Here’s an archived set of radar loops from the night of 9/23 through sunrise on 9/24. It looks like a pretty impressive migration over our area, and for the entire east coast.

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Birds on the move

Birds were on the move last night, with winds out of the west after sunset, switching around to the northwest around midnight. In the first image of the radar loop you can see the back edge of the cold front … Continue reading

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No Migration Detected

none, zilch, nunca. Winds were out of the southwest. No birdies in the sky. Actually, that’s not entirely true. There were lots of birds moving down the central flyway, behind a cold front that is moving our way. Stay tuned … Continue reading

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More migration, less insight

Last night the winds never got cranking out of the northeast. Instead they remained light and variable, but light and variable combined with a clear night sky was enough to get the birds moving. Unfortunately when you have a clear, … Continue reading

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Migration last night

Some birds on the move last night with light westerly winds over our area. The big movement, though, was to our west where winds had already switched around to the northwest before sunset. Tonight’s forecast is for northwesterly winds, so … Continue reading

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