Category: Spring Migration 2006

  • Migration Forecast: More birds on the way

    Not much going on over the Garden State right now, possibly due to the foggy/rainy conditions. To our south, though, is another story. Right after midnight the Norfolk, VA radar began to light up with birds making a move across the Delmarva Peninsula. The Dover AFB radar is just beginning to show some birds entering […]

  • Early Birds on the Move

    Here we go! Last night the radar lit up from north Florida all the way up to New Jersey. Winds were light out of the South and precipitation was mixed with patches of clear sky making for good migration conditions. Here’s the radar from sunset, last night, through 5:30am this morning. The velocity indicates that […]

  • Migration Weather

    It looks like the weather for the next few nights will be favorable for nocturnal migration. Winds are forecast out of the south for the next three nights as this front hangs to our west. This is creating a little funnel from northern Florida all the way up the eastern coast up to New Jersey, […]

  • Spring 2006 Radar Migration Study

    “We’ve only just begun…” As many have already pointed out while watching loons stream north along the coast, or flocks of yellow-rumped warblers move through the still bare canopy, or the myriad of short-distance migrant and local resident birds beginning to establish breeding territories, migration is here. For those new to the site, please take […]

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