There are a TON of birds moving tonight. As many have pointed out, that doesn't necessarily guarantee lots of nocturnal flight calls, but if you're somewhere that's prone to good calling (Cape May, given the excessive light pollution plus the proximity to the ocean, appears to be one of them) you should have your ears full tonight.
Here's the base reflectivity from 12:00am for NJ: http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/radar/nids/images/BREF1/KDIX/20090925_040013_black.png and the velocity from the same time: http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/radar/nids/images/VEL1/KDIX/20090925_040013_black.png heavy migration heading from NNE->SSW Good Listening! David ____________________________________________________ David A. La Puma, Ph.D. Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, & Natural Resources Online Teaching Portfolio: http://www.woodcreeper.com/teaching Lockwood lab: http://rci.rutgers.edu/~jlockwoo Websites: http://www.woodcreeper.com http://badbirdz2.wordpress.com Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/woodcreeper On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 11:21 PM, Thomas Greg <[email protected]> wrote: > To All, > > Just outside in Seaside Heights NJ on the boardwalk adjacent to the dunes > and there is a reasonable number of birds calling (10-15/minute). It was > interesting that many seemed to be calling from 30 feet or less. It is > partly cloudy with NW winds 5 - 10 mph. > > Is this normal for coastal locations? > > Thanks, > Thomas Greg > Philadelphia PA > > -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
