Category: Fall Migration 2006

  • Migration over the Garden State

    Just when you thought it was over, BAM! Another night of migration. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through sunrise this morning. You can see by the velocity image that although the winds were out of the west/northwest, most of the directional movement across the radar was from the north moving south. Good migration […]

  • Nuttin’ Honey

    Yeah, last night saw little-to-no migration despite the clear skies. Looks like the bulk of the fall nocturnal migrants have made their way south of us…but don’t fret, as this time of the year marks some of the best sparrow birding in our area. Get out there and shake the bushes! Good Birding

  • Migration over Jerze

    Well, the front cleared in time for birds to take flight on a tailwind last night. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through sunrise this morning. There was clearly some anomalous propagation mixed in with the actual bird migration signal, probably due to the strong temperature inversion after sunset (the air was much colder […]

  • Migration forecast

    Well, it looks like the rain is here for a few days. Hopefully once it clears, around Friday, the opportunity for some more migrants will open up again. I noticed Yellow-rumped Warblers and Golden-crowned Kinglets were all over my place this morning…wow, what a week away can do! I’ve got some interesting new radar images […]

  • Big migration tonight!

    Wooo hoooo! That’s some serious migration on the radar! 🙂 I’m heading to Mexico in the morning, but I wanted to put up one last post before I take off. The entire eastern flyway is under heavy nocturnal migration tonight. No weather on the radar to put birds down, so it looks like the tried […]

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