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Head west young bird
ESE flow over the region triggered a moderate migration event 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. Migration was concentrated primarily within the Mid-Atlantic, with the heaviest returns coming from VA, the Delmarva, NJ and […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]