28th Sep, 2005

Big Migration Over New Jersey


Well here it is! Birds were on the move last night with light northerly winds and clear skies up and down the eastern flyway. The radar and velocity loops are from sunset last night until 6:15am this morning, and show a modest movement of birds over our area. Since no weather was present to force birds to land, the best locations will likely be the regular coastal and mountain-ridge migrant traps (ie. Cape May, Sandy Hook, Garret Mtn., Chimney Rock, etc.)
Okay…I gotta get dressed and do some birding. ;)

Posted by: David La Puma

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Well, there were certainly a lot of birds around this morning. Most of them were Gray Catbirds, lots of Eastern Towhees and the first handful of White-throated Sparrows. Many Goldfinches flying around as well. I only saw two species of warbler in my 45 minute walk, Common Yellowthroat and Black-throated Green. Looks like winter is nearing!

By: David on September 28th, 2005
at 12:33 pm

Six Mile Run had substantially more birds today than it did yesterday morning, September 28. There were in fact newly arrived white-throats, but the big push was from yellow-rumped warblers. They were everywhere. There is a row of bayberry (I think) bushes just beyond the parking area, with ripe white berries. This was thronged by yellow-rumps, along with a few field and song sparrows.

By: Susan on September 28th, 2005
at 4:12 pm

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