Month: April 2010

  • 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

  • Heavy winds and quick frontal passage

    The latest cold front has almost cleared the east coast after bringing heavy southerly winds and rain to the region over night. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 6:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. The cold front that caused such a sharp […]

  • And the beat goes on…

    Birds Birds Everywhere (on the radar). Excellent migration weather continued last night, as birds made their way up the Mississippi and Eastern Flyways. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:30am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. The radar crapped out again for a […]

  • More birds arriving on the m-train

    The Migration-train, that is. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:30am this morning. For reasons unknown to me, the radar crapped out around midnight last night, and didn’t come back online until around 2:00am, so there are a few images missing from the peak hours of migration in each of the animated loops […]

  • A nice coastal push of nocturnal migrants

    We should start seeing a little more diversity today, as the Eastern Seaboard got a jolt of migration activity overnight last night. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. High pressure and southerly winds last night triggered […]

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