Category: Migration Radar

  • Nice flight last night

    I’m out the door early this morning, but I just wanted to drop a note that migration was moderate to heavy across the mid-Atlantic last night. Expect good birding conditions at coastal migrant traps such as Sandy Hook and Cape May. Good Birding David

  • Moderate migration on NW winds should favor coastal migrant traps

    More birds took to the sky last night, as northwest winds dominated the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions. Here’s the radar from 6:00pm last night through 6:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Migration was moderate to heavy last night along the extreme east coast, while […]

  • Moderate migration over the mid-Atlantic

    Migration was moderate over the NE and mid-Atlantic regions last night. Here’s the radar from 6:00pm last night through 6:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. High pressure over Maine caused moderate NE->SW winds last night, triggering migration across the NE and mid-Atlantic regions. The […]

  • Mega-flight across three flyways last night!

    Conditions were perfect for a big flight last night, with northerly winds dominating the landscape from the Midwest to the East Coast, down to the Florida peninsula. Over the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, these winds were overwhelmingly out of the northwest under clear starry skies. Birds were on the move! Here’s the radar from 6:00pm […]

  • Oops, they did it again

    Well, it didn’t take much to get those birds moving again; just a little switch of the wind and the floodgates opened once more. Here’s the radar from 6:00pm last night through 6:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. The regional composite indicated that while […]

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