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Heavy migration tonight
Migration is heavy over the Northeast, with lots of birds moving over New Jersey as of 10:00pm. Winds are pretty strong out of the northwest right now, but birds seem to be compensating (maybe migrating at lower altitude?) as they can be seen moving N–>S across the Fort Dix and Dover radars. Migration is slower […]
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Birding forecast
Southerly winds for the next couple of nights should keep migration to a minimum, but things are looking good again for midweek. I’ve posted a full birding forecast to birdcapemay.org. Come check it out!
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Another big flight last night
Another night of northerly winds had the birds up and moving last night. Winds started from the NNW after sunset, and have switched around to the N inland, and the NE on the coast. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through sunrise this morning. With the warm days and dropping temperatures at night, we […]
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Riders on the storm
There was a bit of migration last night on the eve of the approaching cold front. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through sunrise this morning. You can see that a small amount of birds were moving just after sunset, and were later joined by a larger group as the front passed and the […]
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Light migration tonight
South winds tapered off around 9:00pm, and winds at 3,000 feet (900mb) were 5-10 kts out of the NE, so there was definitely some migration tonight, albeit small. With winds turning north tomorrow, we should see a bigger push tomorrow night. I’ll post the radar in the morning.