Monthly Archives: May 2006

Migration forecast

Posted on 5/16/2006 by David La Puma

It looks like we’ll be experiencing some interesting weather tonight, possibly setting up for a good birding day tomorrow. Winds over VA are expected to be out of the south, while the winds over NJ are forecast out of the … Continue reading →

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Migration over Jerze

Posted on 5/16/2006 by David La Puma

Heavy migration over Jerze last night with the light winds on the eve of the thunderstorms that entered our area this morning. Weather pretty much shut everything down, but only an hour before sunrise would have done the same. Conditions … Continue reading →

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Heavy migration over the Garden State tonight

Posted on 5/15/2006 by David La Puma

Lots of birds moving over New Jersey this evening. I’ll post the radar in the AM.

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Digiscoping the World Series of Birding

Posted on 5/15/2006 by David La Puma

I’ve been offline awhile, since participating in the World Series of Birding on Sunday. Our team, Double Exposure, competed in the new Digiscoping category. We took third place (behind Nikon and Swarovski) by digiscoping 102 species of birds between the … Continue reading →

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No Migration over Jerze

Posted on 5/15/2006 by David La Puma

No nocturnal migration evident on the radar last night, as a band of precipitation moved over New Jersey throughout the night. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through sunrise this morning, just to show what “no migration” looks like.

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