Date: 5/6/26 12:07 pm From: Yaukey, Peter via groups.io <pyaukey...> Subject: [ALbirds] incoming flight
AL Birders:
Gotta love this radar stuff.
Large incoming transgulf flight today, presumably overflying the coastal zone as usual, visible on the Mobile radar as the scattering of pale blue echoes in the southern parts of the radar field (including over the Gulf). Image below is the peak, which was around noon, although it is still going pretty strong in the western part of the radar as I post this. Echoes over the Gulf began appearing around 8:30am. This flight is perhaps 1-2 hours earlier than average, which presumably indicates tailwinds propelling their advance.
The darker blue in southeast Louisiana is rain, and people reading this from SW Mississippi along its path may want to check for grounded migrants because it appears to be meeting the oncoming birds.
