That cold front from last night is hanging over the Carolinas now, keeping migration to our immediate south to a minimum while the birds are leaving Jersey and Delaware on the light south winds. I like to call this the “Hoover Effect”…you can almost hear the yard getting less birdy! Hopefully some of the birds […]

Good migration into the state early last night, before the front shut everything down around midnight. Fallout conditions are most probably from Cape May north to the bayshore, but may continue up into central Jersey. Here’s the regional radar from sunset last night through about 2am. You can see migration begins over VA, DE, MD, […]

Moderate migration over Jerze last night, but it looks like a nice pulse entered from the south early this morning. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through sunrise this morning. It was definitely birdy around my place this morning. On the morning walk we saw several RED-EYED VIREOS, many Ruby-crowned Kinglets, PALM WARBLERS, PRAIRIE […]

Looks like some big migration over the northeast last night, until about 4am when the thunderstorms shut it down. The largest influx into New Jersey appears to have been in the Southwest part of the state, then progressively north up the Delaware river valley. I think you’ll see a replacement of birds (old ones with […]

Seriously, tomorrow, head for the hills and/or coast. The birds are on the move, all down the East Coast. They’re leaving New Jersey en mass as I type this, but don’t fret, new ones will be arriving from Virginia in a few hours…go figure, I have my oral qualifier exams tomorrow…I get to be a […]