This is the radar from 6:00pm last night to 6:00am this morning.

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Migrants were on the move last night ahead of the high pressure system building in the Appalachians. Birds could be seen on radar entering Florida mostly through Jacksonville and making their way down into the Melbourne, St. Pete and Miami radars. A nice influx of birds was noted on the Jacksonville radar coming in last night. Central Florida seems to have gotten some birds as well. Miami also had an influx of birds this morning; birds were coming in as of late morning. Winds have picked up and temps have dropped a bit which makes for nice cool weather but the winds really suck. During the weekend winds may increase making birding harder. The winds offshore are in favor for sea watching as you can see from Roberto’s report of a Sabine’s Gull. Get out there and look Scoters, Loons, and Sea Ducks as they should be on the move. Some activity was noted hugging the coast from S. Carolina into Jacksonville that very well may be ducks on the move; check it out on the SE mosaic. Have a great weekend and don’t forget to pass by and post your sightings.

Nature is Awesome,
Angel and Mariel

This is the radar from 6:00pm last night to 5:30am this morning.

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Migrants were moving south last night into Florida; Central FL may have been hit by the bulk of the movement. If you look at the SE mosaic the returns are evident into and out of the Jacksonville radar moving south into the central portions of the state. Merritt and Viera may look good today according to the radar images. Tallahassee radar also had an influx of birds as well with most of the returns moving south into the nature coast. A cold snap is going to be evident tonight in the big bend area (40’s!); cool temps will be moving south into the Sun Coast tomorrow.
The weak cold front is still lingering from West Palm southwest to Flamingo causing a sort of blockade for birds. A high wind advisory could be in place for Miami this weekend with winds as high as 30 mph due to a large high pressure system over the Appalachians. A northerly flow will be on tap after tonight when the front moves down to the Keys and fizzles out. We expect more winter migrants to push south with these winds tonight and this weekend.
Miami radar showed lots of rains moving in last night and thus bringing down what birds were left around; yesterday we got skipped in line as birds flew right over us. Key West was quiet with mostly showers moving through; next week rain seems to be on the way as a result of TS Ida or remnant. Expect winds and stormy weather if the storm makes it through the mountain range of Honduras.
From Volusia to Miami there are high winds in the forecast for the coast, be on the lookout for sea ducks, Loons, Scoters and pelagic birds to be pushed in by the 25-30+ knt winds from the NE. This is a great time to find rarities in Florida so be on the lookout for anything different. Good birding to all and enjoy the nice cool weather while it lasts; hate to be a bummer but rain is on its way.

Nature is Awesome,
Angel and Mariel

This is the radar from 6:00pm last night to 7:00am this morning.

Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation.

Nature is Awesome,
Angel and Mariel

This is the radar from 6:00pm last night to 7:30am this morning.

Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation.

Not much was moving for the majority of Florida last night as can be seen on the radar. Some movement was noted in the western panhandle as well as Jacksonville. The rest of the state did not see much of anything except for Miami which had some nice movement over the early hours of the night. We were out watching the moon last night and recorded four to five birds a minute passing in front of the moon. On the radar images you can see what looked like a front passing companioned with a high pressure system through N. Florida and S. Georgia; this weather pattern seem to have cut off Florida seeing any southward movement by migrants. Georgia and the Carolinas definitely had good migration overhead, let’s see if the doors open tonight and allow for southward migration in Florida. The Keys had some more incoming birds out of Miami; they may have landed in the Keys and not continued south. Where is Mark Hedden these days?
Good birding to all and have a great day, lets hope the temps drop and we can get a break from all this heat. Only N. Florida seems to be getting some of the much needed cooler temps.

Nature is Awesome,
Angel and Mariel