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Spooky Sounds

Posted on Oct 30, 2017

Spooky Sounds

Are you following us on Facebook? If not be sure to check out our page and have a listen to a Barred Owl heard this week…

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Radar Migration September 11, 2016

Posted on Sep 11, 2016

Radar Migration September 11, 2016

Here we go again! The cold front that passed through the region this weekend has ushered in a strong northwest flow, and our birds are on the move – get out there tomorrow and enjoy it.

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Radar Migration September 1, 2016

Posted on Sep 1, 2016

Radar Migration September 1, 2016

Happy September! Kick yours off with a great day of birding tomorrow and hopefully Saturday as the birds head out on the northerly flow behind the finally departed front. Once we get to Sunday the weather gets intriguing with Tropical Storm Hermine making a run to the Northeast and likely impacting conditions throughout the region. Remember that when looking at this radar capture the darker the blue, the more birds in the air. Green is even more intense and heavy migration. The birds appear to be basically centered around radar stations because the radar beam rises through the atmosphere as...

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Radar Migration August 29, 2016

Posted on Aug 29, 2016

Radar Migration August 29, 2016

Today’s cold front cleared the Northeast region, and tonight’s light north winds are predictably pushing migrant birds to the south. Wake up early to spot some songbirds, head to the beach to sight the shorebirds, or pop out midday to see some raptors moving south on the diurnal winds. Good birding to you, autumn lovers!

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The Big Dipper

Posted on Jul 15, 2016

The Big Dipper

Can you spot the Big Dipper just above the horizon between the trees? It can be hard to believe in the midsummer heat but birds are already migrating south for the winter both during the day (various swallows to Eastern Kingbirds to Blue-gray Gnatcatchers) and the night (Red-eyed Vireos to Indigo Buntings to Black-billed Cuckoos). Those nocturnal species use various methods to help them move around our planet – some may use a coastline, others the Earth’s magnetic field, and like people, certain birds gaze at the stars. Various species take in the night sky as a map, just as we...

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