National overview
Migration was hot and heavy last night, starting with trans-Gulf arrivals to the Texas and Louisiana coasts yesterday afternoon. Birds could be seen heading up the East, Mississippi and Central Flyways with the heaviest migration over south Florida, the Mid Atlantic, and west of the Appalachians. Heavy precipitation across East Texas and the Upper Midwest caused localized fallouts where they intercepted migrating birds early this morning. Migration was moderate throughout the western U.S. including the entire Pacific Flyway.
Below are the radar loops from sunset last night through 5:00am (central time) this morning
Ohio/Ontario
Frames are every 1/2 hour. click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation.
Birds moved into the region last night on the east side of a stalling front packing a wallop of precipitation. Winds over Pittsburgh, PA were out of the west last night, meaning that those birds kept on trucking to our east and are not part of the migrant pool we are experiencing this morning at The Biggest Week. Looking at the Cleveland radar, though, it’s clear that birds to our south have arrived along the southwest Lake Eerie shoreline today with many of them putting down on the Ohio side early this morning. The Detroit radar also showed some exodus out of the region, but densities were lower than the influx from the south.
What does this mean for birding? It means that you should get out your rain gear, put on your Wellies, and get out there and bird!
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 -Â The Northwoods BIRDARÂ by Max Henschell
New England -Â 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