Category: Fall Migration 2009

  • Birds head south at low altitude

    You know it’s really Autumn when… Here’s the radar from 6:00pm last night through 6:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. When I first looked at the wind forecast for last night, I was convinced that no birds would be migrating. This was based on […]

  • Moderate flight over the NE and Mid-Atlantic last night

    Here’s the radar from 6:00pm last night through 6:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Birds were on the move last night, on light and variable winds. I’m out the door! Good Birding David

  • Heavy migration into the Mid-Atlantic last night

    With cooperative winds and clear(ish) skies, the conditions were ripe for a night flight over the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic US. Here’s the radar from 6:00pm last night through 6:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. With surface winds blowing light and out of the north, […]

  • Moderate migration on NW winds brings new birds to the Garden State

    If you take a look at the regional composite, you’ll see that the heavy migration occurred not over the NE, but further south in the southern half of the Mid-Atlantic. While we didn’t get the bulk of the birds on this flight, we did get a moderate pulse of new birds coming in from NY […]

  • Strong southwest winds keep birds down… but not for long

    Last night the winds were strong and southwesterly, as the latest low pressure system moved east across the region. Unfortunately, it looks as if the winds will continue out of the southwest into tonight, which should keep migration to a minimum until Wednesday. On Wednesday night, though, northwest winds will build in across the NE […]

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