And on strong westerly winds! Here’s the radar from 7:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning.
Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation.
As is typical after the passage of a strong cold front, high pressure built in behind the front causing strong WNW winds from the Great Lakes down into the mid-Atlantic. Heavy migration was evident across the region with many birds being pushed to the coast. All locations across the state should see new birds today, but the real show will be along the coast. Cape May is the obvious choice, but Sandy Hook and Island Beach SP will also be very birdy today.
Good Birding
David
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3 responses to “Huge migration last night”
Wow. Period. I hit East Point in Cumberland County this morning – didn’t get started until 8:45AM. I was wondering if the birds would still be flying or just lots around settled in. Both. Still flying in excellent numbers for the next hour were YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, BLUE JAYS, FLICKERS, CEDAR WAXWINGS, and KINGLETS. I don’t know which one was the more numerous. All these species were heading north off the bay. But I also had lots of other species on the ground. Probably came in that morning. SONG and SWAMP SPARROWS were all over. 1 LINCOLN’S SPARROW was nice for there. WHITE-THROATS, 6 WHITE-CROWNED, PALM WARBLERS, HERMIT THRUSHES, PURPLE FINCHES, 1 BICKNELL’S THRUSH, etc. etc. A fabulous morning.
Sandy Hook today had alot of the usual suspects in abundant numbers. GC Kinglets,RC Kinglets and YR Warblers were in the majority with good numbers of White-Throated Sp., White-Crowned with a smattering of Field, Swamp and Song. We found 1 Lincoln’s Sp. on Plum Island. There were a bunch of people out and about but did not hear of any Vespers or other uncommon sparrows. It was a beautiful day to be outside.
I had hundreds of Yellow-rumps in my yard at first light. Palms were also around in high numbers, as were Golden-crowned Kinglets and an assortment of sparrows.