Winds finally turned southwesterly last night, effectively shutting down the nocturnal flight that had persisted for the last ten nights prior. Right now the rest of the week is looking hard to predict given the uncertainty of Hurricane Earl. If you believe the National Weather Service, we should see some strong northwest winds on Friday night which could trigger some migration over the region. The question will be whether enough of these winds reach NY and southern Canada in order to bring birds down into the Mud-Atlantic. It’s possible that they wont, in which case we’ll simply see an exodus of birds out of here… we’ll have to keep an eye on that low spinning in the Atlantic!

In the meantime, birds are around and they’re most likely moving into more optimal foraging habitat- so head for your favorite  birding location today and see what’s around.

Good Birding
David