Weather and songbird migration - Wildlife Gardeners

linrose · 05-02-2013, 07:14 AM

You folks up north should be getting your binoculars ready, here come the migrant songbirds! I find this interesting, reading weather maps to predict when they'll be there. I've seen rose-breasted grosbeaks and some warblers so far. Journey North has had some interesting reports on weather and bird migration with cold fronts causing "fallouts" of hundreds of birds seeking shelter on their way north.

Check it out.
Weather and Songbird Migration Update | Journey North News

turttle · 05-02-2013, 12:07 PM

Very cool link, Linrose. Thanks for sharing it!

My winter birds are gone. I need to go our with my binocs and see if any from points farther south are still coming through.

It is already well into nesting season here, despite lows that continue in the 40s.

linrose · 05-02-2013, 12:38 PM

We also have night temps in the high 40s, but we have a bluebird box with 5 eggs in it. What birds are you seeing nesting now? Our juncos and red-breasted nuthatches have left also, now we're mostly seeing the year-round birds, cardinals, titmice, Carolina chickadees, Carolina wrens, goldfinch and bluebirds. The bluebirds seem to hide during the winter only to show up in the spring even though I know they are here.

Helianthus · 05-03-2013, 10:39 AM

Check out woodcreeper.com | birds are coming… look busy! for radar maps of migrants flying at night. It's updated daily!

I'm excited because there are finally some radar bubbles around Northern Virginia, and I happen to be going out birding tomorrow!

Andrew

linrose · 05-03-2013, 11:02 AM

Those radar bubbles are really amazing!

Good luck birding tomorrow Andrew!

05-02-2013, 07:14 AM	#1
linrose WG Fundraising Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky	Weather and songbird migration You folks up north should be getting your binoculars ready, here come the migrant songbirds! I find this interesting, reading weather maps to predict when they'll be there. I've seen rose-breasted grosbeaks and some warblers so far. Journey North has had some interesting reports on weather and bird migration with cold fronts causing "fallouts" of hundreds of birds seeking shelter on their way north. Check it out. Weather and Songbird Migration Update \| Journey North News

05-02-2013, 12:07 PM	#2
turttle Curious George & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC	Very cool link, Linrose. Thanks for sharing it! My winter birds are gone. I need to go our with my binocs and see if any from points farther south are still coming through. It is already well into nesting season here, despite lows that continue in the 40s. __________________ There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, this is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar. - Lord Byron Turttle's pollinator garden

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05-02-2013, 12:38 PM	#3
linrose WG Fundraising Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky	We also have night temps in the high 40s, but we have a bluebird box with 5 eggs in it. What birds are you seeing nesting now? Our juncos and red-breasted nuthatches have left also, now we're mostly seeing the year-round birds, cardinals, titmice, Carolina chickadees, Carolina wrens, goldfinch and bluebirds. The bluebirds seem to hide during the winter only to show up in the spring even though I know they are here.

05-03-2013, 10:39 AM	#4
Helianthus Lungwort Join Date: May 2012 Location: Alexandria, VA	Check out woodcreeper.com \| birds are coming… look busy! for radar maps of migrants flying at night. It's updated daily! I'm excited because there are finally some radar bubbles around Northern Virginia, and I happen to be going out birding tomorrow! Andrew

05-03-2013, 11:02 AM	#5
linrose WG Fundraising Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky	Those radar bubbles are really amazing! Good luck birding tomorrow Andrew!