Woohoo! It’s so nice to see them keep coming like this! Last night was similar to the night before, with a moderate movement of birds over the Garden State, and heavy movements across the eastern and central flyways. Winds, again, differed depending on the altitude, which makes for some difficult radar interpretation, but there was […]

The radar last night leaves much to be desired…and way too much to interpretation. So here are the conditions: Surface winds had a southwesterly component, while winds aloft were primarily from the west. I’m thinking that this explains why you see a mix of S–>N and N–>S flows in the velocity image. Of course, with […]

Moderate migration was evident over our fair state for the second night in a row. This time with light northerly winds the birds appear to be taking a more NE –> SW trajectory. This is likely due to the absence of the westerly wind component that accompanied migration on the night of the 21st. Data […]

Well, it wasn’t the motherload, but there was definitely some migration over New Jersey last night. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:15am this morning. By looking at the base velocity image, you can see how the birds shifted orientation as they approach the coast. The winds aloft last night were more westerly […]

Winds should switch to Northwest tonight, so I expect some impressive migration this evening. I’ll post an update late tonight and the radar in the early morning. While I’ll be doing point counts at HMF, coastal sites tomorrow could be packing some nice diversity. Update: Well, the winds didn’t switch as much as expected, but […]