Category: Migration

  • Birds head into the region

    Bounded by a stationary front draped across northern New York, migrants pushed northward over the Mid-Atlantic 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 view the full-sized animation.   As you can see from the regional composite, most of the […]

  • Big flight underway…

    …with HEAVY migration overhead tonight. Here’s the national composite as of ~10:30pm (5/12): Birds are heading NNE over NJ and I’d expect Garret Mountain and Sandy Hook to be good tomorrow. It also looks like the Delaware Bay Shore and, to a lesser extent, Cape May will be hopping with new arrivals. I’ll post the […]

  • Heavy migration; birds heading north (was “Gone Fishing”)

    I was scouting in the wee hours this morning so couldn’t get the radar up in time. Unfortunately that’s going to be the case for the next two mornings- so I’ll try and move to a night-post format until after the Big Day on Saturday. Here’s the radar from sunset last night until 5:00am this […]

  • Heavier migration into the Mid-Atlantic!

    Wow! Now THAT was an awesome flight! 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.   Light and variable winds last night allowed a major flight of birds into the Mid-Atlantic and western portion of the Northeastern US […]

  • Light migration over NJ, but the future is birdy!

    Migration was hot and heavy last night, just not over our area. Here’s the midnight national composite showing the heavy flight over the Central and Mississippi flyways, as well as the Eastern up to Virginia.   and here’s the radar for our region from sunset last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 […]

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