Birds are on the move again tonight as winds aloft are strong out of the NW. Winds on the surface are southeast which might keep the birds further inland tomorrow morning. Go get an early start, because the rain is coming! I’ll post the radar in the AM.

Birds on the move again last night! Clear skies and Northwest winds in the upper atmosphere made for another favorable night over New Jersey. The westerlies that persisted at the surface should cause birds to shift east as they land, making Cape May (and all other coastal hotspots) a good place to start this morning. […]

Just when you thought it was over, BAM! Another night of migration. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through sunrise this morning. You can see by the velocity image that although the winds were out of the west/northwest, most of the directional movement across the radar was from the north moving south. Good migration […]

Yeah, last night saw little-to-no migration despite the clear skies. Looks like the bulk of the fall nocturnal migrants have made their way south of us…but don’t fret, as this time of the year marks some of the best sparrow birding in our area. Get out there and shake the bushes! Good Birding

Well, the front cleared in time for birds to take flight on a tailwind last night. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through sunrise this morning. There was clearly some anomalous propagation mixed in with the actual bird migration signal, probably due to the strong temperature inversion after sunset (the air was much colder […]