Mostly weather, but with a sprinkling of something that might have been birds…it’s hard to tell, and frankly, when the radar is this mixed, It’s probably bad form to try and call it anyway. If any of it was migration, it was minimal. I can’t post the radar this morning (woke up too late, gotta […]

Here Comes The Rain! No migration on the radar last night, just a bunch of rain. That said, birds should still be numerous today since they didn’t leave last night. Tomorrow’s forecast is killer for Raccoon Ridge- with really strong westerlies the birds will be hugging the ridge, making for some awesome photo opportunities, and […]

Here’s the radar from last night. Fairly clear skies, light winds, and no precipitation made for optimal migration conditions. A great flight occurred just after sunset last night, and is probably continuing as the sun breaks the horizon outside my window. The radar loop covers sunset through 3:30am this morning, at which point the Rutgers […]

Updated: 10/24/05 @ 7:44AM It looks like after the weather cleared, a few birds attempted to get out on the NW winds. The migration was small, but apparent. It’s probable that it was more obvious at coastal sites, where birds immediately turned around for shore as the sun rose just a couple of hours after […]

Updated Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 7:30am this morning. As you can see, there was some migration going on overhead as the front from the south backed up over our area and ultimately shut things down. These birds had to go somewhere! Below is my original post from last night, I think […]