Migration density eased considerably last night. The weather conditions didn’t change much. The winds became a bit more variable, but they were too light to be of much significance. It’s probably just a lull in movement as the birds to our north are most likely satisfied with the local conditions.
I’ll be gone again this weekend but i may throw something up in the evenings.
- 20120906_BARS_0618
- 20120906_BARS_0628
- 20120906_BARS_0638
- 20120906_BARS_0647
- 20120906_BARS_0657
- Winds Aloft (5000 ft)
- National Reflectivity Composite (static)
- Surface Winds and Isobars
Drew has another post up on the migration activity east of the Mississippi — check it out.
Of interest is something that a fellow on our state listserve pointed out that i thought was pretty cool. Here is the original post. Paul pointed out how the radar was picking up “… the morning fly-out of the BARN SWALLOWS roosting in cornfields near the Wheatland Ferry.”
I’ll put four static images in today’s gallery. I have no idea how WordPress sorts those images so look for the sequencing captions:
20120906_BARS_0618: a shot just after most nocturnal migrants have put down
20120906_BARS_0628: just south of McMinnville a 30 dBZ cluster of birds appears.
20120906_BARS_0638: the density of the return drops as the birds disperse.
20120906_BARS_0647: the sun clears the Cascades, the radar catches a strobe, the birds are further dispersed.
20120906_BARS_0657: the event disappears into the usual background ground clutter.
I have no idea who Paul is but i thank him for pointing this out. It’s pretty cool and i’ll be looking for it the rest of the season.
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