If you look at the national radar loop there is massive diurnal migration going on from the central and southern Plains to the deep south. It is impressive. Echoes are especially heavy in the central Plains and mid Mississippi Valley. see: https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/full_lite_loop.php
On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 10:24 AM Peter Reisfeld <drpi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Looking at the loop from last night, the reflectivities just about totally > petered out at 6 AM, but then picked up again. That would seem to favor > diurnal migration rather than a continuation of that from overnight. > > Peter > > On Aug 14, 2019, at 10:05 AM, David Nicosia <daven102...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The radar imagery from NWS Binghamton continues to show what looks to be > bird migration well after sunrise. As of this writing it is 1000 am and we > are still picking up biological targets. Since the lower atmosphere's > thermals haven't begun, it is likely these targets are not insects. Could > this be shorebird migration continuing past sunrise? Or maybe songbirds > just continuing from the night? I wish I didn't have to work today... > > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > > > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
