Category: Spring Migration 2011

  • Birds head out

    Last night’s southwest winds triggered migration over NJ, NY and much of the Northeastern US while lingering storms along the warm front to our south precluded any new arrivals. 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. Birds […]

  • Nothing over NJ, but birds moving to our north

    A frontal boundary stretched across the US restricted migration into the Mid-Atlantic last night. 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. You can see the remnant low pressure system in the NE composite image as it peters […]

  • Birds all around, but little overhead

    Northerly flow over NJ last night appears to have kept most migrants on the ground with only a light movement evident on the Fort DIX radar and the only heavier migration over extreme southwest near the mouth of the Delaware River. Still, migration was evident elsewhere; over NY State, PA, and especially over the western […]

  • Birds over Jerze

    Last night southwest winds over much of the Mid-Atlantic triggered moderate levels of migration into the region while a stalling stationary front across northern New Jersey minimized any passage of birds out of the Garden State. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the […]

  • Nothing going on locally tonight

    Winds are howling out of the WNW tonight (here’s the latest wind map) and nothing is moving on the radar (here’s the radar from 10:13 pm tonight) SO… …I’m sleeping until 6:30am and not posting anything until Thursday morning. BUT… …Thursday morning is looking really good so far, so follow my ‘tweets’ on Twitter for […]

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