Migration was light over the Northeast last night, with slightly more birds heading out of the mid-Atlantic than arriving from the north. Here’s the radar from 6:00pm last night through 6:00am this morning.
Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation.
Bird traffic over the mid-Atlantic was apparently influenced by the NE winds, as most birds appeared to travel from ENE->WSW last night. Again, the NYC radar showed the most pronounced west-bound movement, while both NJ radars indicated a SW flight. Expect inland migrant traps to be favored today, given the strong NE component to the wind.
On another note, is it really hunting season again already??? Shots fired! Shots fired! It sounds like the 4th of July outside my house. Better get out my blaze-orange Elmer Fudd hat, pronto.
Good Birding
David
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An interesting morning at both the National Park dredge spoils and the Riverwinds scenic trail. Gloucester County. Good numbers of what I had, but low species diversity. So, from David’s notes, perhaps even stuff in Sat. night. Then moving around to favored feeding areas for Sunday and Monday. Or new in last night! I don’t know. My numbers:
3 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS
1 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE
1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
1 “Traill’s” – Willow breeds at NP area so am never sure if a lingering bird or an Alder if I don’t hear it. It is late for Willow.
9 HOUSE WRENS
3 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS
3 SWAINSON’S THRUSHES
10 CEDAR WAXWINGS
2 WHITE-EYED VIREOS
6 WARBLING VIREOS
1 RED-EYED VIREO
3 NORTHERN PARULAS
2 YELLOW WARBLERS
7 REDSTARTS – with one adult male.
1 OVENBIRD
16 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS
2 INDIGO BUNTINGS
BOBOLINKS – 150??
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH – 200??
Diversity on the Hook was up on Monday, compared with Sunday. Black-throated green, black-throated blues, Swainson’s thrush, a few coopers, 1 sharp-shinned, Many redstarts, 3 Northern Waterthrush, Waxwings everywhere, even had them at the Middletown pathmark parking lot.
The most numerous bird was White-Eyed Vireo. They were absolutely everywhere. Allaire had at least 20… in an hour! Hook i must have counted about 25 in two days.