Winter Bird Forecast #8 – Vote for the Conte
The latest Winter Bird Forecast from Audubon Connecticut and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History is up at WXedge.com and focuses on a special edition slideshow featuring the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge. See more here!
Read MoreWinter Bird Forecast #7 – Change in Seasons Brings Plenty of Birds
The latest Winter Bird Forecast from Audubon Connecticut and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History is up at WXedge.com and focuses on the (eventual) change in season. Despite the conditions the birds of our area are already starting to migrate north to the breeding grounds, with species leaving our region and others arriving. Take a look to see what has been shifting so far, what birds are being seen and what we can soon expect.
Read MoreOak leaves falling on Mallards
What do you believe the birds think as the world is literally falling around them? The bright, vibrant existence most of them are born into during the spring and the summer suddenly fades in the Northeast with cooling temperatures, shortening days and leaves floating to the earth from increasingly bare trees. Here is their reality collapsing further on a crisp November autumn day as these Mallards feed and contemplate, possibly wondering when the process will begin to reverse.
Read MoreWind, climate change and raptor migration
Earth’s climate and weather play a direct and constant role in the lives of birds. At no point is this impact from mother nature more widely observable than during migration. Global winds shape the timing and track of bird movements across the continents and the sea. In this case I wanted to take a look at September 2014 and how it seems to have been a climatic “throwback” in the Northeast for our birds. If you talk to folks in many portions of New England the Mid-Atlantic about the weather in 2014 you often hear how it was very average in terms of temperature and...
Read MoreNew York state 24-hour precipitation record
Unbelievable! A preliminary all-time New York state 24-hour precipitation record has been broken today at Islip MacArthur Airport with 13.26 inches of rain as of 9:30AM besting the previous record of 11.6 inches at Tannersville, New York over August 27-28, 2011 (Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene). Here’s the dual-pol storm total estimated rainfall as of 8AM via NWS New York, NY. Remember again…turn around, don’t drown.
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