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[illin]

This weekend should be great for migration in the Eastern U.S. Check out these two pics. The first is from 3pm yesterday. The second is from midnight last night. Check out the birds!




Also check out this animated wind map here. This is an awesome new page that I will be using often for my birding forecasting. You can even zoom in, and if you mouse over the page it gives you the windspeed for where your mouse is.

http://hint.fm/wind/index.html

Sorry for the size of my images. Don't know how to scale them down without downloading resizing then reuploading, and I am not going through all that trouble.

[hawkhenries]

Can you shed some light on how to read these maps? Are the bright blue blooms the bird flocks or is it the colors that we might usually associate with precipitation? Thanks~

[illin]

Yes all the blue circles in the east are birds.

[illin]

Here is a site that goes over the hows and whys of the radar images. There are other links on the right also.
http://virtual.clems...rad/comment.htm

[JimBob]

It's raining here so I can't get out and bird. . . I did look in the early morn but without any success. I will look again if the rain hold up.

[EyesOnTheSky]

Awesome info, illin! Thanks!

[Jenny81]

JimBob, you should try looking as soon as the rain stops, some of my best birding has been done right after a rain storm. For example, one time after rain I saw 15-20 Black-throated Green Warblers, a Northern Parula, two Chestnut-sided warblers, Wilson's Warbler, Magnolia Warblers, and a Scarlet Tanager . I saw more species, but can't remember what they were.

Edit: If you do go out in between rain storms, remember an umbrella, one time I got drenched.

[EyesOnTheSky]

So, when checking Nexrad radar at the National Weather Service, is base velocity the most useful view to detect migration?

[JimBob]

Yeah I went out after it stopped. I heard Northern Parulas, saw several Yellow-rumped Warblers , and heard a Yellow-throated Warbler, and saw a few Blue-gray Gnatcatchers. Didn't see the Yellow-throated Warbler, which stinks because it is my nemesis! Oh well I guess another time. Oye.