[texbirds] Monitoring spring bird migration in the western Gulf of Mexico region using NEXRAD weather radar
- From: "John Arvin" <jarvin@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "New Texbirds" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "TX-Ornithology" <TX-ORNITHOLOGY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "LABIRD-L" <LABIRD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:28:23 -0500
Last night showed a great flight up the South Texas coast to the Coastal
Bend and then continueing northward through central Texas and far beyond up
through the center of the country to the Great Lakes. This was entirely a
circum-Gulf route but likely includes some trans-Gulf migrants that had
been grounded on the coast following last week's major fall out on the
western Gulf coast.
Today the winds have shifted/are shifting back into the SE at ~20 its. at
Brownsville and Corpus and are shifting from E and ESE at Lake Charles and
New Orleans. Arriving trans-Gulf migrants are visible on NEXRAD displays at
midday. With a reasonable tail wind most of these will probably head on
inland. The next real event would appear to be Wednesday when another front
reaches the northern Gulf coast.
jca
John C. Arvin
Research Associate
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
103 West Hwy 332
Lake Jackson, TX 77566
jarvin@xxxxxxxx
www.gcbo.org
Austin, Texas
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