[texbirds] Re: UTC Lack of Migrants 4/11
- From: John Tharp <jlt290@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Joseph Kennedy <josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:40:48 -0500
Just went back and reviewed the archived GOES data from the past day or
two. Does not look as though there was any significant convection over
the Yucatan Wednesday or Thursday until development began around 6pm
Thursday evening. That is far too late to have any effect on what left
Wednesday evening for Thursday arrival on the Gulf Coast.
John Tharp
Houston, TX
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 4:14 AM, Joseph Kennedy
<josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> There was a report on the la bird server via florida etc that there had
> been major thunderstorm activity over most of the Yucatan which could have
> limited takeoffs.
>
> The lack of migrants was general all the way over to Florida.
>
> My website for merida/cancun radar is down and perhaps gone but one can
> get satellite from Accuweather etc and the time laps shows a major system
> moving from west to east that covered the peninsula and still is affecting
> the eastern third.
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 9:45 PM, John Tharp <jlt290@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Well...we got the cold front as expected...The birds however did not seem
>> to get the memo. There were a few good birds around most areas but the key
>> term is a few. By this afternoon Lafitte's Cove was the slowest for
>> migrants that I, and many others, have ever seen it in the wake of a cold
>> front in spring.
>> High Island was getting a bit active by mid afternoon but certainly no
>> real
>> fallout. A couple of Cerulean Warblers were around, Vireos were in decent
>> numbers, lots of Orchard Orioles and E. Kingbirds, otherwise a bit of a
>> tough go. Lafitte's was insanely quiet, a Black-billed Cuckoo was
>> reported,
>> Painted Bunting and Lark Sparrow were present, and a few warblers/vireos
>> were noted but well below the expected numbers.
>>
>> Any reports from the central coast or Sabine today to see if this general
>> lack of migrants was local or regional in nature?
>>
>> John Tharp
>> Houston, TX
>>
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