Category: Fall Migration 2008

  • South winds quell flood of migrants… for now

    After four nights of heavy migration, the winds over the northeast and mid-Atlantic finally turned southerly again, making for a small last-ditch effort early yesterday evening. 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. At sunset last night […]

  • Heavy migration: Night 4

    As was expected, this fourth night of northerly winds and clear skies made for a bird-laden atmosphere. 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. Last night winds were generally northeasterly across the region, turning southerly by morning […]

  • Heavy migration: Night #3

    Another night of northerly winds and clear skies made for optimal migration conditions across the entire Northeast and mid-Atlantic US. 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. Both local radars show heavy migration over New Jersey last […]

  • Heavy migration: Night #2

    Last night the northern mid-Atlantic saw winds shift from northwesterly to northeasterly, while the southern part of the region was under easterly flow the entire night. This made for some interesting migration patterns, which ultimately resulted in a NE–>SW trajectory by 5:00am this morning. Here’s the radar from 7:00pm last night until 5:00am today. Frames […]

  • Heavy migration spanning three flyways!

    As the latest cold front pushed it’s way offshore yesterday, high pressure built in over the Northeast and mid-Atlantic with steady northerly winds. The result was a migration superhighway extending across the Central, Mississippi, and Eastern flyways. Here’s the radar from 7:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on […]

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