Finally the floodgates reopened over the NE and mid-Atlantic as winds turned WNW and skies cleared. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am this morning.

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

I was a little late to get this post up, so I’ll make it short and sweet. BIRDS, and lots of them, were migrating from the Great Lakes east to the Atlantic coast and down as far as Florida. Heavy migration was apparent along the coast with the average direction of travel being NW->SE. This bodes extremely well for coastal migrant traps such as Cape May and Sandy Hook (but especially Cape May) as birds are funneled down the southern peninsula from both inland New Jersey and coastal New England. I would be surprised if we didn’t see some vagrant species in the state today given the previous weather pattern (several days of strong SW winds originating from the northern Plains region) followed by northwest winds…. an early Cave Swallow, and possibly an interior Ammodramus or two… plus the chance for a good Golden Eagle flight seems likely.

Okay- on that note, get out and BIRD!

Good Birding

David