National Overview
Below is a snapshot of the national map with radar and weather fronts. Use this map to get an overall feel of migration and how weather affects nocturnal migration. The cold front was forecast to stall, but it didn’t listen to the weather man. Migrants await better conditions for takeoff.
Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation.
Not much movement on radar other than passing storms last night. Looks like NE winds reached the southern take off points for migrants. The Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, Honduras and Cuba all experienced northerly winds and clouded skies, this effectively shut down nocturnal migration. So we wait for a better night and hope for the floodgates to open, commence the BIG FLIGHT! Birds that made it to FL yesterday and Friday should still be around as we noted above, not much took flight. St. George Island experienced fallout yesterday and birds seen there will likely still be at the migrant trap.
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Nature is Awesome,
Angel and Mariel
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