Category: Midwest

  • Migration continues up through the Plains and along the East Coast where southerly flow is strongest

    National Overview The east sides of both a warm front stretching down across the Great Plains and a cold front running down the East Coast represented the main transit lines for northbound migrants last night. Birds continue to move north out of the Gulf states, as well, with Circum-Gulf migration into Texas apparent on the […]

  • High pressure puts damper on Upper Midwest while front brings birds to East Coast

    National Overview Here’s the radar- I’ll be back tomorrow with more interpretation. Below are the radar loops from sunset last night through 5:00am (central time) this morning Since I will be publishing “as I go” each morning you may see some incomplete posts throughout the early morning hours. Don’t worry- it’s coming! Mid Atlantic Delaware […]

  • More birds moving north

    National Overview With the exception of the southeastern U.S. being under heavy precipitation, most of the country experienced moderate to heavy migration last night. I’m going to keep this short and sweet in the interest of catching up from being away for two days… and my desire to get outside where the birdsong is almost […]

  • Filling in the gaps: Sunday May 13th

    National Overview I was out of cellular range over the weekend and so couldn’t get the radar posted on the mornings of May 12th and 13th. Here’s the radar from Saturday evening through the early morning on Sunday the 13th. Below are the radar loops from sunset last night through 5:00am (central time) this morning […]

  • Heavy migration up through the Great Plains and parts of the Midwest

    National Overview Birds continue to stream up through the middle of the country as a series of surface lows churn southerly winds over the region. The low over Texas proved to be the most precipitous and may have caused some fallout conditions along the Texas and Louisiana coasts this morning. Farther north the atmosphere was […]

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