Please follow along on the live map to see where Ophelia-entrained species (e.g. species transported within the storm’s circulation) have occurred. If you receive a message regarding a disconnection from the server, please reload.
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Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall this morning in North Carolina, with dangerous storm surges and heavy rain. With safety first above all else, we highlight in the map below observations of storm-driven birds reported in the wake of the storm’s passage (and also more broadly associated with the storm’s regional weather effects). And of course, if you are in a safe location, and you are observing, please report your observations to eBird.
Although the ornithological impacts of this storm are primarily in the mid Atlantic, it is worth noting that some area of stronger, near tropical storm force or tropical storm force winds, are possible along the New Jersey and New York coasts. These bands of energy from Ophelia could contain some of the more aerial species often entrained with these cyclones, like Sooty Tern, far from the center of the storm’s circulation.
