News: Migration

With the departure to the Northeast of Hurricane and Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy, westerly flow prevails outside the Northeastern US across a huge portion of the Eastern US from the western Great Lakes through peninsular Florida. In many areas, despite the late date, later season migrants including waterfowl and passerines will take flight. Widespread light to […]  Read more...

As the fall migration continues past its peak, the big story of the forecast period is the passage of Hurricane Sandy, the havoc it may wreck, and the intense northerly and westerly flows that will spawn large movements before and after its passage. Additionally updates will be posted here as forecasts change for Sandy. West […]  Read more...

The West will experience light migration in areas away from the immediate Pacific Coast and elsewhere that precipitation is forecast, whereas strong high pressure in the Southeast creates favorable conditions for moderate to heavy movements in the Northeast and generally unfavorable conditions in the country’s midsection. A brief note – birders in the Upper Midwest, […]  Read more...

As some unsettled conditions in parts of the West disrupt and inhibit otherwise light to moderate movements across the region during the coming week, an early week frontal passage through the Eastern US spawns moderate to heavy movements in its wake on Sunday and Monday nights in advance of a strong system arriving by the […]  Read more...

The West continues to see conditions that favor light to moderate migration, whereas continued pulses of heavy movements occur over much of the rest of the East. Birders should watch carefully in the East for conditions that spawn fallouts and heavy nocturnal calling, as several low pressure centers moving east may produce the northerly winds, […]  Read more...

Light to moderate movements continue to be widespread in the West this forecast period, whereas periods of moderate to heavy movements in clear, fall skies are punctuated by periods of widespread rain and southerly flow. West Light to moderate migration is the norm for the region to begin the weekend. Primarily light winds and clear […]  Read more...

The West is mostly tranquil, experiencing light to moderate movements over many areas in mostly light and variables. Two high pressure systems tracking East and South from Canada pass through the Central and Eastern US over the coming week and spawn heavy movements as they approach, whereas the Southeast also experiences some movements, albeit tempered by […]  Read more...

Several nights of heavy movements are likely in the central and eastern US over the coming week, whereas the West will experience primarily moderate movements in light winds and generally dry conditions. This week’s regional forecasts follow: West Widespread light to moderate migration is likely in many areas of the West for the coming week. […]  Read more...

As part of the coverage of BirdCast that resulted from the journalist only event in Manhattan, a number of media outlets wrote, spoke, or covered stories on the project. Cornell Daily Sun provided this coverage. Cornell Chronicle wrote this piece. University of Delaware Review wrote this piece. Wynne Parry at LiveScience has this to say […]  Read more...

West Light and variable winds will facilitate scattered, light migration in many areas through the weekend, with some coastal areas experiencing slightly larger movements. By Sunday night, more favorable winds spread across coastal areas and into the Great Basin, and moderate movements will become more widespread. The Desert Southwest and Four Corners has rain forecast […]  Read more...

WHAT: “Forecasting Seasonal Bird Migration” – with Andrew Farnsworth of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Farnsworth is based in New York City. WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 from Noon to 1:30 p.m. WHERE: Cornell’s ILR Conference Center, 16 East 34th Street, 6th floor, Midtown Manhattan MEDIA: You are invited to attend this journalists-only luncheon with […]  Read more...

“These Apps Are Going To The Birds, And People Who Watch Them” All Tech Considered, National Public Radio http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2012/05/08/152191615/these-apps-are-going-to-the-birds-and-people-who-watch-them  Read more...