Hi folks I also find this website very useful for wind -
https://www.windyty.com You can change the altitude in various increments all the way up to 10,000m (good if you wanted to see bar-headed geese movement ;). The data visualisation is pretty cool, and you can scroll backwards in time which I find very useful, as well as visualise temperature gradients, waves etc. For what it's worth Manhattan seemed fairly quiet today with more departures than arrivals, although there were a few new birds in, judging by some of the micro-parks. Cheers Dom www.antbirder.blogspot.com www.aventuraargentina.com + 1 646 429 2667 On 2 May 2016 at 15:57, Sean Sime <[email protected]> wrote: > I was fortunate enough to see the male Cerulean Warbler in Prospect Park > this morning and equally fortunate to be standing near Karen Ohearn when > she said, "I've got a Yellow-throated Warbler!" > Both birds were near the southern terminus of the Lullwater adjacent to > the winter bird feeding station. A checklist with ID quality photos can be > seen here. > > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29356904 > > For those on the list that watch radar and wind maps, last night offered a > true 'teachable moment." The surface winds were from the NE and SE > overnight. There was no visible lift off north of Virginia on radar maps as > of 10:30pm and no measurable drop out this morning at 5:30am. > > I use this radar link: > http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/northeast_loop.php > > And this wind map: > > http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=-76.16,41.82,2048/loc=-73.010,40.993 > > Given what was visible (to me) I decided to not be out first thing. As > tweets from Prospect Park starting coming in it was clear birds moved last > night. So curiosity prompted some conversation. What Shane Blodgett was > kind enough to point out was on the wind map I use one can search by > elevation. By clicking the "earth" icon in the lower left corner of the > wind map you can change the height for the wind readings. I have more > research to do, but by changing the height to 850 (this is a pressure > reading, but correlates with the altitudes birds migrate at) I could > immediately see the mid-level winds were from the SW overnight and provided > an explanation for the influx of birds in the park and along the coast this > morning. > > If other list members have more/other sites they find useful in this > regard please share. The technology and information accessible at our > fingertips is exciting! > > Good birding! > > Sean Sime > Brooklyn, NY > > > > > > > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
