Category: Fall Migration 2008

  • A belated end of the radar study

    Sorry for taking so long for closure, but it’s been a whirlwind of activity over the last two months! On October 1st Inga gave birth to our daughter, Corinna Wren La Puma, and we’ve been busy learning how to be parents ever since. Following that, the next biggest event was the presidential election, which (if […]

  • Heavy migration down the East Coast

    Strong northwest flow over the northeastern US triggered heavy migration into the mid-Atlantic region last night. Here’s the radar from 8:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Happy Halloween everyone! Well, if you’re out looking for treats today, you may want […]

  • Heavy migration truncated by Nor’easter

    Unfortunately my radar feed went down during the storm last night, but after watching the real-time radar this morning, I can see what went down. Migration was heavy just after sunset last night with most birds heading due south, or slightly southeasterly on north/northwest winds. As the frontal boundary associated with the strengthening nor’easter made […]

  • Very little migration over Jerze

    Northwest winds aloft appear to have countered the southwest surface winds just enough to trigger some light migration over the mid-Atlantic. Here’s the radar from 7:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Well, it wasn’t much, but it was something! It’ll […]

  • No migration last night

    No nocturnal migration was evident on the radar last night, with south winds dominating the region.

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