Updated
Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 7:30am this morning. As you can see, there was some migration going on overhead as the front from the south backed up over our area and ultimately shut things down. These birds had to go somewhere! Below is my original post from last night, I think the main points still stand- birding in the Garden State this morning will be good, possibly great, definitely wet.
Original Post from Midnight last night
Tonight’s conditions are currently mimicking last night’s. There’s a frontal band (with lots of precipitation) stalled across the Delmarva, including Cape May, reaching westward across Pennsylvania and up into the Great Lakes. North of it, though, is some impressive migration! The front is moving North overnight, suggesting that birds will be forced down out of the sky across the state as the morning unfolds. High concentrations may be located in more central and northern areas compared to this morning. Garret Mtn. and Sandy Hook would be my bets, but it wouldn’t hurt to check Paul Lehman’s driveway as well.
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Hello,
On Friday night from dusk until midnight, we counted a total of 38 migrants from the Observation Deck (elevation 1050 feet) of the Empire State Building. Winds at sunset were northerly (very light about 1-5mph), and by 9pm the winds were South Westerly. The first migrant was at 7:19pm (73 minutes after sunset). Interesting that the radar shows good movement…although night skies were cloudy (this makes migrants difficult to see from the ESB deck), we heard very few. Usually on overcast nights, migrants are more vocal than when the sky is clear (more calls are heard; individual birds seem to call more in rapid succession as well). A few birds circled the ESB tower, and some landed. No collisions were observed. Circling birds hung around the building for 15-20 minutes before moving on.