Month: October 2009

  • Heavy migration over NE and Mid-Atlantic

    As the sun set last night, winds over the NE turned from SW to NW, triggering a very respectable flight of nocturnal migrants. Here’s the radar from 6:00pm last night through 6:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. At first glance it appeared that the […]

  • Birds head south at low altitude

    You know it’s really Autumn when… Here’s the radar from 6:00pm last night through 6:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. When I first looked at the wind forecast for last night, I was convinced that no birds would be migrating. This was based on […]

  • Moderate flight over the NE and Mid-Atlantic last night

    Here’s the radar from 6:00pm last night through 6:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Birds were on the move last night, on light and variable winds. I’m out the door! Good Birding David

  • Heavy migration into the Mid-Atlantic last night

    With cooperative winds and clear(ish) skies, the conditions were ripe for a night flight over the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic US. Here’s the radar from 6:00pm last night through 6:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. With surface winds blowing light and out of the north, […]

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