Month: April 2011

  • Big flight into the Mid-Atlantic

    Things are really heating up now as we push into the latter half of April. Southerly flow across most of the country triggered heavy migration from Mexico to New Jersey. Locally, the southerly flow allowed for a moderate to heavy flight of birds into the Garden State and as far north as central New York. […]

  • New birds move into New Jersey

    The latest cold front strewn across northern New Jersey last night resulted in strong SW winds across most of the region south of the frontal boundary. After sunset the radars from Washington DC, Virginia, and the Delmarva Peninsula indicated moderate to heavy migration heading this way. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am […]

  • It’s beginning to feel a lot like April!

    Did you hear anything go bump in the night? Wow! Those were some serious thunderstorms that came charging across the Mid-Atlantic! Not much in the way of migration, but that’s all about to change. Here’s the radar from sunset yesterday through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view […]

  • Birds head inland and north out of Mid-Atlantic

    The cold front arriving from the west caused strong southeast winds over the Mid-Atlantic last night, and light southeasterly winds as far south as Cuba. This triggered heavy migration from Cuba up through South Carolina, and then again from New Jersey up into Northern New York and Maine. Here’s the radar from sunset last night […]

  • Gratitude

    I received a Thank You card and woodcreeper.com donation from one very bright 7th grader today and it brought an incredible smile to my face. Here’s a photo of it prominently displayed above my computer. Sienna is doing a project on bird migration and interviewed me over the phone last week. Not only did she […]

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