tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post4081732496740677450..comments2024-03-28T10:16:44.231-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: There's a bird in my radar!Cliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-76639511854770384572009-05-01T13:07:00.000-07:002009-05-01T13:07:00.000-07:00A couple of years ago I read a book called "The Bi...A couple of years ago I read a book called "The Big Year" which is when a birder tries to see all 400+ species of birds in North America in one year. That book mentioned that when they put radar in Texas they noticed the reflectivity of the migration of birds across the gulf. Hummingbirds of all things make that flight in of course one long push. They lose 1/3 of their body mass in that flight then land and rest in the trees along that coastline. So if you want to see a lot of species in a short amount of time and a small place, birders hang out in Brown's Texas in the early spring awaiting the annual migration.GaryP.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16946775119505539856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-15575313596916555392009-05-01T04:58:00.000-07:002009-05-01T04:58:00.000-07:00This is why I am so glad that you're blogging! I h...This is why I am so glad that you're blogging! I had no idea that there was a silent migration every night, witnessed only by meteorologists. Incredible!Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18010491447594113630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-85323656521156516012009-04-30T16:46:00.000-07:002009-04-30T16:46:00.000-07:00This set of images is great. Seattle Audubon has h...This set of images is great. Seattle Audubon has had discussion about whether there are bird strikes to buildings in Seattle the way there are "back east." The contention has been that we don't have the waves of migrating birds that also occur back east. These types of images could refute that if the returns are not from masses of starlings, for instance, moving from one place to another. We need to identify what the flocks consist of and hope its not raining!strix27https://www.blogger.com/profile/08754896384356494723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-20789546763853376982009-04-30T06:47:00.000-07:002009-04-30T06:47:00.000-07:00Thank you, very interesting Cliff.
So one uses th...Thank you, very interesting Cliff.<br /><br />So one uses the radar in conjunction with surface observations (e.g. airports reporting no precip) to determine that these are, in fact, birds? Per your earlier discussion of the radar, the birds would need to be at some minimum altitude. Anyone know how high that would be, on average?seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13255668528052275665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-91420629702958391232009-04-29T21:09:00.000-07:002009-04-29T21:09:00.000-07:00So Cool!! My wife is not much interested in weathe...So Cool!! My wife is not much interested in weather science but when I showed her the graphical images of the songbirds migrating, she was truly impressed.<br />We took a walk tonight and enjoyed the songs of the woodland birds as the sun began to set. Where we are near Vaughn Bay on the lower Sound, we have a relative abundance of songbirds. However, due to too many outdoor cats that prey on the ground nesters and other vulnerable birds, I'm afraid it is getting to be fewer- like around the cities. But seeing the echoes on the radar of so many birds passing through sure is a sight to behold!<br />Thanks for another lesson in the value of the radar technology.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08275580535017975456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-63026372654700326772009-04-29T20:27:00.000-07:002009-04-29T20:27:00.000-07:00AWESOME!
And the colors of the imagery are pretty...AWESOME!<br /><br />And the colors of the imagery are pretty cool too!KatBoxJanitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06304795377085010072noreply@blogger.com