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  • September 19, 2014Regional Migration Forecast: 19-26 September 2014

    Continental Summary Favorable conditions bring light to moderate movements for the West’s weekend and moderate to heavy movements for the East’s work week, with unsettled conditions bringing a halt to these movements in most areas to close the forecast period. Species…

  • September 18, 2014Regional Migration Analysis: 12-19 September 2014

    Continental Summary Light to moderate movements were the norm across the West, despite precipitation shutting down migrants in some areas, while moderate to locally heavy movements pulsed through the East. Species on the move this week included Greater White-fronted Goose, Dunlin,…

  • September 12, 2014Regional Migration Forecast: 12-19 September 2014

    Continental Summary Pulses of more provincial movements that begin the weekend contrast the widespread movements that will end the period in the West, while the opposite pattern of movements occurs in the East. Species on the move this week will…

  • September 12, 2014Regional Migration Analysis: 5-12 September 2014

    Continental Summary Light to moderate movements were widespread across the West this week, while . Species on the move this week included American Wigeon, Broad-winged Hawk, Black-billed Cuckoo, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Red-eyed Vireo, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, American Redstart, Blackpoll, Tennessee,…

  • September 5, 2014Regional Migration Forecast: 5-12 September 2014

    Continental Summary Mid to late week favorable conditions will bring light to moderate movements to many portions of the West, while frontal passages bring an early and late week pulse of moderate to heavy movements through the East. Species on…

  • September 5, 2014Regional Migration Analysis: 29 August – 4 September 2014

    Continental Summary Several nights of moderate movements highlighted migration in the West as did a pulse of moderate to locally heavy movements in the East this week. Species on the move this week included Green-winged and Blue-winged Teal, American Golden-Plover,…

  • August 29, 2014Regional Migration Forecast: 29 August – 5 September 2014

    Continental Summary An early period patchwork of favorable and unfavorable conditions sees light to moderate movements scattered across the continent, primarily in the West, until a more organized and substantial end of the week frontal passage sees moderate to heavy…

  • August 29, 2014Regional Migration Analysis: 22-29 August 2014

    Continental Summary Scattered movements in the West were mostly light to moderate in intensity, in contrast to more widespread moderate and isolated heavy movements in the East. Species on the move this week included Baird’s Sandpiper, Common Nighthawk, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Great…

  • August 22, 2014Regional Migration Forecast: 22-29 August 2014

    Continental Summary Light to moderate movements, primarily in the Pacific Northwest, highlight the period in the West, while the first organized frontal boundary does not bring compelling and more regional scale movements in the East until the end of the…

  • August 22, 2014Regional Migration Analysis: 15-22 August 2014

    Continental Summary Scattered light to moderate movements across the West and pulses of moderate movements in the northern Plains and Northeast highlight migration across the continent this past week. Species on the move this week included Green-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal,…

  • August 16, 2014Regional Migration Forecast: 15-22 August 2014

    Continental Summary A patchwork of marginal and locally favorable conditions bring scattered light to moderate movements across the continent this week. Species on the move this week will include Green-winged Teal, Black-bellied Plover, Solitary Sandpiper, Upland Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Olive-sided…

  • August 15, 2014Regional Migration Analysis: 8-15 August 2014

    Continental Summary Locally light to moderate movements in the West over the weekend and a pulse of more widespread light to moderate movements from the Great Plains through the Southeast to begin the work week were the primary migration highlights…

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