Not much different at all here on my family's farm today it seems. I think last
night was one of those that Birdcast interpretation could be really wrong
about. Bird movement is really a pretty simple thing and you can over think it
very easily (which I believe Birdcast is often doing). Central KY was mired in
a relatively moist, stagnant airmass last night. I really wouldn't have
expected a lot to have moved in overnight. Now maybe there was decent movement
to our north where you would have been situated north of the warm front and
some steering northish winds were likely present, but there doesn't seem to be
much reason to think that we'd have a big wave that either passed over us or
settled in last night. There WILL be a ton of turnover after the next frontal
passage with strong north push by winds after it. Due to lingering clouds and
showers, we might not fully realize that turnover until Friday, but it will
certainly occur.
bpb, Louisville
-----Original Message-----
From: <ronan.o.carra@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sep 20, 2022 7:45 AM
To: BIRDKY <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [birdky] Biggest night of migration of the season.
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology Birdcast was showing last night as being the
highest migration night over Kentucky for the season (Peak migration was
estimated as being over 40 million birds in the air). This morning from 5am
there was a constant flow of Thrushes calling over my house in Lexington. If
one was away from the traffic it would have been something to listen to (if you
can hear over the sounds of crickets). Birding in the mornings after these
movements helps to determine how accurate these calculations are. There are
some nights that are calculated as being really high and I’ve not found
many birds the next morning but I always keep looking. Ronan O’Carra
Lexington
