Great migration weather from the Central Flyway all the way to the East Coast has resulted in another big flight of migrants into the region. A dry front which moved down over New York and into Central NJ last night, though, appears to have stopped birds in their tracks along the way. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 6:30am this morning (yup, I finally had to sleep in today).

Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation.

As I suggested above, migration was hot and heavy from Texas to Florida, up to the Great Lakes and over to New Jersey. The only region to get cut out of this major flight was the northeast, including northern NJ,  due to a dry cold front dipping down over the region (see this map for a depiction). Northwest winds behind the front kept birds from migrating through, which should lead to some good birding conditions today from Garret Mountain south through the rest of the state.

More and more migrants are showing up each day; so get out there and bird, and please come back and let us know how it was!

Good Birding

David