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The thin line that went through Northern Ohio yesterday was called an outflow boundary.

John Pogacnik

> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 06:43:36 -0400
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Migration Wave Coming Across Lake Erie?
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 
> The long thin line that passed through northern Ohio prior to the storms
> hitting was part of the storm system.  They mentioned it on the news last
> night and had a name for it.  I knew I should have written it down.  My son
> and I were out about the time it went through and we had a large branch come
> down.
> 
> There have been a ton of green darners around and I have seen some large
> passing flocks of chimney swifts.  I was at a closed are along the Chagrin
> in Willoughby Hills Tuesday and had about 1,500 chimney swifts feeding over
> a new wetland.  I also had a couple soras, a flyby northern harrier, and a
> single LeContes Sparrow.
> 
> John Pogacnik
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roger
> Troutman
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 10:32 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Migration Wave Coming Across Lake Erie?
> 
> Just a point on the mystery critters.  I'm by no means a dragonfly authority
> but do darners actually migrate at night?  I  was under the impression they
> were diurnal or maybe crepuscular but not nocturnal.
> The time on the radar site indicates that it was well after dark.
> 
> Roger Troutman
> Lexington, Ohio
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 10:09 PM, Robert Hinkle <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> > I didn't think of Darners, Ethan.. that would be even MORE cool !   Can
> > they fly fast enough to keep ahead of the approaching storm, or
> > perhaps they were pushed by winds ahead of the storm, if they're Darners?
> >
> > Bob Hinkle
> > Solon, OH
> >
> >
> > On Sep 11, 2013, at 10:00 PM, Ethan Kistler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > I don't think I would call that narrow line a wave of Bob and
> > > others,
> > >
> > > I don't think I would call that narrow line a wave of birds. One
> > possible explanation could be insects, perhaps Common Green Darners.
> > Today I have noted reports all over Facebook and email mentioning
> > 'flocks' of hundreds of Common Green Darners appearing all over Ohio.
> > A quick Google search yielded this article (
> > http://www.loudounwildlife.org/HHMigrationDragonflies.htm), which
> > explains their migration. It states "Sometimes the migration takes
> > place in huge mass flights of hundreds of
> > > thousands or millions of dragonflies that congregate along seacoasts
> > > or lakeshores and then fly enmasse..."
> > >
> > > Ethan Kistler
> > > Newton Falls, Ohio
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: Robert Hinkle <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 9:46 PM
> > > Subject: [Ohio-birds] Migration Wave Coming Across Lake Erie?
> > >
> > >
> > >         Take a look at this radar image at 9:44 pm Wednesday 9/11 --
> > looks like a long narrow wave of birds left Ontario just ahead of the
> > storm that's moving through and are just now arriving on our North
> > Shore.  If these are indeed migrating birds, this is a really great radar
> picture.
> > I've never seen anything like it.
> > >
> > > Comments??
> > >
> > >
> > > http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?product=N0R&rid=CLE&loop=yes
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers.Bob Hinkle, Solon OH
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