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Heavy migration restricted to the Central U.S.
Migration was heavy up the middle of the US last night, from Texas to North Dakota. Additionally birds continued to move up through the Florida Peninsula and up the Pacific Coast, while high pressure across most of the eastern U.S. muted migration overnight.
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Woodcreeper On The Road: POINT PELEE DAY 3
Today’s my last day at Point Pelee National Park and it’s the coldest morning so far (just about freezing!). I’ll head into the park for one more morning at ‘the tip’ but with the cold temps and light northerly winds last night, I have little expectation for new arrivals. There are still plenty of birds around the park which I have not yet seen, so I’ll be out trying to round some up before heading back across the border this afternoon.
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Woodcreeper On The Road: POINT PELEE FESTIVAL OF BIRDS DAY 2
Today is my second full day at Point Pelee National Park in Ontario and will kick off as it did yesterday, with me leading a walk looking for migrants throughout this historic spring hotspot. But before that, let’s look at the radar and see what was going on overhead during the night.
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Upper Midwest waits for the next front, while the rest of the U.S. marches on
High-pressure-driven northwest winds across the Great Plains and Midwest kept migration activity low for the interior U.S. last night, but otherwise birds were on the move for the rest of the country.
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Strong front brings many birds and regional fallouts to the eastern U.S.
Trans-Gulf migrants continued to arrive along the Texas/Louisiana coast late yesterday, followed by heavy nocturnal migration along the latest front to march eastward across the U.S. This front, extending from South Texas to the Gulf of Maine, triggered heavy migration and caused localized fallouts across several regions. Parts of the Texas coast, the Mid Atlantic U.S. and New York State should see evidence of migrant fallout this morning. A smaller pulse of migration was also evident across parts of the Upper Midwest as a second front moved through overnight, and migration continued up the Pacific Flyway from California to Washington State.