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The next wave
Last night the winds turned northwesterly again, and although it paled in comparison to the big flights from only a few weeks ago, we did see another solid push into New Jersey last night. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to […]
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More birds (and radar) coming this weekend
The weather is clearing out and northwest winds will return on Friday night. I’ll be back posting the radar on Saturday morning, and posting twitter updates starting Friday evening. Good Birding! David
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More birds
No time to post the radar today (sorry!) but migration was hot and heavy again. The main trajectory was NE->SW which means that the inland hotspots will be, well, hot! Raccoon Ridge, Chimney Rock, Cold Brook Preserve, the NP Dredge Spoils, all of them should see new birds on Tuesday morning. Cape May will see […]
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Kicking off November with a bang!
Migration: it’s the gift that keeps on giving. Yesterday we saw the latest cold front push off the eastern seaboard causing the winds over new jersey to turn from southwest to northwest. I watched this unfold from the Cape May hawkwatch, where the raptor flight picked up considerably in the early afternoon (and Melissa Roach […]
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Shuffle the deck
Southwest winds appear to be keeping much from moving over NJ tonight. It is possible that some birds are heading northwest, out of coastal locations, in order to get back onto their preferred track. Therefore we could see some shifts into more inland areas with optimal stopover habitat tomorrow morning. No radar post for Sunday […]