National overview
High pressure continued to dominate most of the US from the Rockies east to New England. Only the most southerly and westerly parts of the country were outside of the influence of strong high pressure and experienced some influx of new birds into this morning. See the individual radars below to remind yourself what “no migration” looks like… because that’s all about to change in a few days from now.
Below are the radar loops from sunset last night through 5:00am (central time) this morning
Upper Midwest
Minnesota & Wisconsin
Frames are every 1/2 hour. click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation.
Talk about a ghost town!
Nothing but a little ground clutter for Wisconsin. Birds were staying put.
Iowa & Illinois
Frames are every 1/2 hour. click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation.
And the same goes for Iowa and Illinois; No birds in the atmosphere last night.
I think the lack of birds on the radar says it all. Northerly flow and a return to some chilly temps kept all birds in their places last night. The forecast is shaping up for a moderate push of birds into the Midwest on Wednesday night followed by some much bigger pushes later in the weekend, but until this high pressure moves out I guess we’ll just have to spend our time scouring the birds that are already here… which is not a bad thing at all given the waterfowl and interesting shorebirds that have shown up over the last week (including the Reeve, which has turned out to be most likely a Ruff)
As always, woodcreeper.com depends on you to report your sightings and be our ‘eyes on the ground’, so please come back and give us an idea of how we’re doing predicting birding conditions in your neck of the woods.
Good Birding,
David
For migration updates in other regions check-
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula – The Northwoods BIRDAR by Max Henschell
New England – Tom Auer’s blog
Florida/SE – Badbirdz Reloaded by Angel and Mariel Abreu
PA/Ohio Valley – Nemesis Bird by Drew Weber
NW Ohio – Birding the Crane Creek by Kenn Kaufman
Pac NW – Birds Over Portland by Greg Haworth
Continental US – eBird BirdCast Forecast & Report by Team eBird
2 responses to “Nothing in, nothing out”
From Commerce Twp., MI. (Detroit suburbs), I have had a Common Loon on Cooley Lake since Easter Sunday. The loon is still present, this morning. A few Bufflehead and a pair of Wood Ducks are on the lake. The Hooded Merganser, Ruddy Duck & Common Goldeneye have moved on. Nothing new in the yard.
Thanks for the report JK! Have you checked out my buddy Max’s site? http://northwoodsbirdar.blogspot.com/ . He’s posting the Detroit radar along with all those covering the lower and upper peninsula. Good stuff!