Just a small “blip” of birds moving over New Jersey last night. I’m not quite sure what the deal was, but judging by the Northeast composite image, it looks like precipitation was to blame. Storms moving across from the southeast seem to have kept migration to a minimum, even given the favorable southerly winds. Only small densities of birds were seen leaving Virginia and the Delmarva peninsula but not making it into New Jersey; while only a trickle of local birds moved from the southern to the central region of our state. Best bets are central New Jersey northward, unless you want to see the first Gnatcatchers- which were in Belleplain over the weekend as reported by Karen Johnson (thanks Karen!) and two extremely nice people I met at the visitor’s center whose names escape me.
Good Birding
Frames are every 1/2 hour for reflectivity and velocity, and 1 hour for the regional composite
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One response to “Tiny movements”
Lots of birds around HMF this morning- possibly leftover from two nights ago, but also possibly augmented last night. Here’s my daily report:
Date: 02-Apr-07 WindDesc: light Temp(F): 43
StartTime: 8:30 AM WindDir: E CloudCover: over
EndTime: 10:10 AM Location: HMF
Notes: very birdy around HMF this morning. Large mixed flocks of
DAEYJU, SONSPA, WHTHSP; AMEROBs in very large
numbers, 2 FOXSPA’s along Frank’s tree line
English Name Scientific Name Notes
Chickadee sp. Poecile sp. – both songs
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis – many
American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis –
House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus –
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus –
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus –
Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus –
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia – many, large
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater –
Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca – 2
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens –
Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus – increasing, 4+
Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa – many
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe –
Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis –
White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis –
Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla –
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor –
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus –
Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes – 2
American Robin Turdus migratorius – many- huge
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura –
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis –