Nocturnal Migration Flight

["Colby Neuman" <scythebill83 at hotmail dot com>]

I wish I could post some bird sightings, but I won't be in Utah until 
August.  Anyway, I know of several people who monitor bird migration using 
doppler radar.  On several occasions last fall, I watched birds move south 
off of the north shore of Lake Ontario and head into New York.  I know 
migration flights are much smaller in the west, but I wanted to see if I 
could watch it occur over the Great Salt Lake.  Last fall, I started to 
check the Promontory Point radar image regularly just after sunset.  Tonight 
I was finally able to watch what I assume were birds taking off from the 
shores of the Great Salt Lake.  Several blue blobs appeared and moved 
north/northwest off of Antelope Island, Stansbury Island, Promontory Point 
and the south shore of the lake.  If any of you are interested in checking 
this out in the future, go to the following website 
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/radar/loop/DS.p19r0/si.kmtx.shtml sometime between 
9:30-10:00 p.m on a night with a gentle south wind.  As always...

THE BEST OF GOOD BIRDING!!!

Colby

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