I’m making this blog entry the night before because I’m planning to head out of the house well before I would usually post the radar. Therefore I won’t get the radar up on the site until later in the day, but for now I just wanted to make a few comments about the pending weather. As of right now (10:00pm EST) the winds are favorable for a moderate to heavy migration event along the entire Eastern Flyway. Big numbers out of Florida indicate that some of the early long-distance migrants (especially those wintering in the Caribbean) are making their way into the southeast, and good movements from the Carolinas indicate a new influx of short-distance migrants into the mid-Atlantic for tomorrow. With a cold front making its way to the east coast late tonight and into tomorrow, expect more westerly flow to build in and push birds to the coast. Northwest winds should shut this flight down sometime tomorrow morning as well. Spring hotspots, especially those along the East Coast, should be checked tomorrow.

When I get back in from the field, I’ll try and get the radar up. Until then, Good Birding!

David