Watching the radar tonight we noticed some late migrants flying out of Cuba, lots of heavy rain was over the Keys as the birds were crossing. Anyone in the Keys that can confirm tomorrow morning whether birds dropped or not? Please post if you can. Just a heads up.
We have not been able to download the radar lately; but there has not been a lot of activity in FL.

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Angel & Mariel

This is the radar from 7:00pm last night to 9:30am this morning.

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

Migrants were on the move last night, both Cuba and the Bahamas sent us a nice care package. Lots of birds made it into the area early and thus continuing on with their journey. A second wave of birds were visible on the radar during the couple of frames on the animations. Birds may be hitting migrant traps late in the morning, the Cape, Barnes, Matheson and Enchanted Forest look like they should have birds coming in. Further up the coast the first wave of migrants seems to have made into the West Palm area, Green Cay, and Wako should see new faces around today. EVA? The space coast also looks like it may have been hit by migrants, birds could be seen making their way up the coast and into the area. Jacksonville was like a gateway for birds flying north along the coast into Georgia. Most of the activity on the radars was down in the south today, hopefully we get some birds around today. Good birding and enjoy the weekend.

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Angel and Mariel

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

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

Migrants were on the move last night; birds could be seen leaving the coast of Cuba and the Bahamas. Birds were mostly headed west with lots of birds hitting the west coast between Lake Ingraham and Ft. Myers. Migrants came in from the Bahamas in two distinctive groups of birds, the first flew right on past us and the second occurred later in the evening. The second group seems to have made its way into the Northwest region of the Everglades as well as the Big Cypress. Some birds appeared to land on the east coast; the Cape may have a couple of new faces around. Not a lot is expected to have made it into the Cape but it looks like the best spot to find what did ground. Key Largo also had some activity on the radar and may be holding some migrants today.
Further up the state migrants were moving through making great time, birds could be seen on the radar in high densities in the Lake O area. Titusville area also looked good for today, migrants that entered through the Miami area continued north along the coast until sunrise. The radar shows birds entering the radar from Titusville to Jacksonville, migrants should be held up in true and tried migrant traps. Good Birding to everyone and enjoy the weekend.

All sightings posted to Badbirdz2 are greatly appreciated.
Good Birding to all on this beautiful Friday.

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Angel and Mariel

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

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

Last night the radar showed lots of movement coming in from the Bahamas and Cuba. Migrants were entering the radars early in the night; most of the birds flew right over the south. Some late activity was picked up by the radar that shows birds making their way into the Key Largo area and maybe further south along the keys. We expect Key Largo to have some new faces; Carrysfort Circle, KL Botanical and Card Sound Bridge may be your best bet. The shores of Florida Bay may be holding a good concentration of shorebirds, shorebirds are on the move and the late activity this morning could have been shorebirds. If anyone is out on Fl Bay it may be worth a trip along the shoreline, maybe a rarity is out there somewhere. Miami radar did pick up some birds coming in off the Atlantic; a good portion of the migrants can be seen flying into and away from the radar. The base velocity animation (green/red) shows birds as they enter and leave the radar, as birds come into the radar they appear as green targets and red as the fly away from the radar. Some migrants came in later in the morning and may have chosen to land for the day; there could be some late morning activity at inland migrant traps. The central belt of the state is where most of the birds made it to, with a good number of birds continuing on their way into the northeast portion of the state. The front that passed through north of Florida last night may have caused birds to pile up along the state line, as birds were not seen taking off at sunset. Migrants are on the move and this seems like it may be the beginning to the end of the spring migration. Good Birding and have a great end to the week.

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Angel and Mariel

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

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

With a front hovering north of Florida last night; migrants seemed reluctant to move much in the northern regions of the state. Some migrant movement was visible around central Florida, it appears that Polk and Hillsborough counties may have some new faces around today. Down the state migrants were busting a move, pulses were picked up moving into the southern Everglades as of early this morning. There was lots of noise on the radar but it still showed a pretty good exodus out of Cuba. Miami radar picked up lots of movement coming in from the Caribbean. Migrants made it here early in the night and may have traveled further inland. The northern portions of Miami Dade seem better than the south today. Be interesting to hear some reports from the SFBO today. Broward and Palm Beach may have some late arrivals, migrants may have made landfall early and started to make their way north during twilight.

All in All most movement observed on the radar occurred via Cuba and the Bahamas, lets hope we start to get some birds down here. We are in the windows to get lucky with a Connecticut Warbler, let’s hope it all works out.

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Angel and Mariel

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

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

Good Birding to all.

All sightings posted to Badbirdz2 are greatly appreciated.

Nature is Awesome,
Angel and Mariel

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

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

Good birding to all.

All sightings posted to Badbirdz2 are greatly appreciated.

Nature is Awesome,
Angel and Mariel

no time to download and animate the radar this morning…
we are off to celebrate Angel’s Birthday!
Have a great Friday everyone, Good Birding to All.

This is the radar from 7:00pm last night to 6:30am this morning. East winds dominated the bottom third of the state with a ESE to a SE wind blowing around the rest of the state.

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

Last nights radar made us look twice it is almost a carbon copy of last night’s events. Birds were really on the move again, migrants fled Cuba in good numbers last night. Birds mostly flew with a westerly trajectory out of Cuba; rain was quickly approaching from the east which made the birds react. Migrants increased velocity over a two hour period as to out run the weather which put them over the Keys as the rain moved in. The Tortugas and Key West may be really good today; it is hard to say since pulses were picked up late in the morning exiting the KW radar. Miami seems to have been skipped once again, some weak pulses can be picked up on the radar but the numbers are small and thus not expected to be noticeable on the ground. Any reports from the Cape would be interesting; birds may have come in undetected.
Moving west migrants were on the move as all the west coast radars picked up bird movement. The Everglades City/Chokoloskee area might be a stop over site for migrants this spring. For the last couple of nights migrants could be seen leaving the area as the sun sets, Big Cypress is nearby and might be worth a check. The St. Pete/Sarasota area seems to have all the birds this morning; lots of movement was picked up by the radar last night. Further up the coast birds could be seen moving up thought the panhandle making their way into Alabama. Birds could be seen leaving the coast at night, an ESE to SE wind helped birds make good time flying north. Jacksonville radar showed less movement than last night with most of the activity being migrants that are making their way out of Florida.
Migrants are moving through and fast, get them while they are here!

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Angel and Mariel

This is the radar from 7:00pm last night to 7:00am this morning. East winds once again dominated over the state last night.

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

Last night birds were on the move, the west coast looks especially good today. Moderate to heavy densities were picked up on the Tampa Bay radar, lots of birds were making their way into this region as the sun rose. It would be nice to see some reports from that area today; it looked good on the radar. In the panhandle you can see birds that were on the coast leaving as the sun sets, migrants were moving north into Alabama. The Jacksonville radar picked up pulses but most of the birds seem to have made into Georgia with concentrations around the Okefenokee Swamp area. Further down the state Miami radar did not pick up any significant movement from the Caribbean; on the other hand the Key West radar showed lots of movement. Most interesting is a late flight around 6am out of the Keys area, birds could be seen splitting into two different groups as they flew north. Seems that the birds may be landing somewhere along the west coast, Lake Ingraham or Flamingo might be worth a check today. The other group took an eastward trajectory and flew around the east side of the Keys; birds could be concentrated in the Marathon or Islamorada area. Natural areas such as Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park, Long Key State Park, Curry Hammock State Park, and Bahia Honda State Park could be holding the birds that flew east. Key Largo Hammocks State Botanical Site, Carrysfort Circle, and John Pennekamp SP may also be holding migrants today if birds continued north. Good birding to all and enjoy the beautiful day.

All sightings posted to Badbirdz2 are greatly appreciated.

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Angel and Mariel