So far it appears that migration has shut down. West winds are howling, making for some crappy conditions. It looks like this weather will hold through tomorrow night, and then turn to rain/snow on Thursday night. Unless things change, this week will likely be a lull in northbound bird movement. Have no fear, more birds […]

Here they go! Last night’s radar showed a strong migration over New Jersey, until the front pushed across our area, that is. The line of thunderstorms obviously brought many of the birds back to earth, probably making for some pretty concentrated conditions around central and northern New Jersey. My radar program was down last night, […]

Lots of birds over New Jersey tonight, obviously from the build-up last night as all the birds from Virginia made it as far north as the Garden State. Not much coming in from the south, but if the rain puts these birds down tonight, there could be some good concentrations at places like Garret Mountain […]

If you haven’t read last night’s post, please do so before reading this one. Last night we saw a really cool event unfold over the radar, the tail end of which is evident in the two radar images below. These images are from sunset last night through 6:30am this morning. An influx of birds from […]

Not much going on over the Garden State right now, possibly due to the foggy/rainy conditions. To our south, though, is another story. Right after midnight the Norfolk, VA radar began to light up with birds making a move across the Delmarva Peninsula. The Dover AFB radar is just beginning to show some birds entering […]