Last night showed some migration over our area, with the front clearing and winds from the WNW. Most of the density seemed to originate in New Jersey, so the forecast is for good birding conditions at the coastal migrant traps this morning. Today’s weather would also favor raptor migration, so a visit to your local […]

Nothing on the radar last night since winds were out of the SW. Tonight the winds should switch around to the West, and then Northwest, which is the overriding direction of the winds forecast for New York state and points north. What does this mean? It means that if there’s a significant movement of birds […]

Well, we’re deep into migration now. Last night the air chilled a little bit more, and another wave of birds made their way across our fair state. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through sunrise this morning. Most of the activity seemed to originate in New Jersey, with a much smaller push entering from […]

Birds are moving tonight, and contrary to the call for southerly winds later tonight, the winds aloft are steady and from the northwest. I’ll post the radar in the AM. Good Birding Get your woodcreeper.com gear at our new CafePress online store!

Unfortunately the radar feed crapped out last night, so I’ve cribbed the following images from the ncar site. They’re not animated, but they do show a snapshot of migration around midnight last night. It looks like another nice movement of birds over the Garden State. This push seemed a bit more central (North –> South) […]