Category: Fall Migration 2011

  • And the floodgates remain open

    Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Light northerlies last night triggered another migration event across the entire eastern flyway. This time, though, densities were lower up north, suggesting a diminishing pool of migration-ready birds. Densities down […]

  • Heavy migration on the Eastern Flyway

    Migration was hot and heavy last night across much of the east coast from Maine to Florida. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. High pressure over the region set up strong (20-30kt) northwest winds across most […]

  • The front clears and delivers

    Finally! A proper fall migration event over the mid-Atlantic. Here’s the radar from 7:30pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. With that persistent low pressure system finally off our backs and now spinning over Nova Scotia, winds at all altitudes turned […]

  • Bring on the birds

    The action is hot around Cape May right now. Yellow-headed Blackbird, another (or a reappearance of the) Black-throated Gray Warbler, multiple Lark Sparrows, etc… not to mention the constant flow of migrants dominated by Caribbean wintering species (N. Parula, Cape May, etc.). Last night the low pressure system was positioned at just the right place […]

  • Pesky low part deux

    There’s a low pressure system currently parked right over us and its position has resulted in little to no migration into or out of NJ last night. Here’s the radar from 7:30pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. So I guess […]

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