As I mentioned last night in my forecast on Birdcapemay.org, the conditions last night were unfavorable for the extreme east coast, but increased as one moves west, to the opposite side of the cold front over the area. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:30am this morning:
Frames are every 1/2 hour for reflectivity and velocity, and every hour for the regional composite. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation.
As you can see from the northeast composite, most of the activity is concentrated north of the frontal boundary; across the northeast including New York and down through western Pennsylvania. We didn’t experience much migration last night since we were under the influence of mostly southeasterly winds. Interestingly, the winds seemed light enough that at least some birds moved over our area. Coupled with the storms that moved in to South Jersey early this morning, it’s possible that the few birds that did move into the area were forced down by the storms. Therefore it’ll be interesting to have reports from anyone in the field who might have experienced some of the precipitation early this morning.
Good Birding!
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(note – weather variables are for last night:)
One response to “Will a little dab-a-do ya?”
Morning Flight: 0-5 NE, cloudy conditions
Counter: Sam Galick
Northern Flicker- 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee- 1
Eastern Kingbird- 3
Red-eyed Vireo- 1
Yellow Warbler- 1
Magnolia Warbler- 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler- 6
Black and White Warbler- 20
American Redstart- 36
Northern Waterthrush- 14
Warbler sp.- 12
Bobolink- 527
Baltimore Oriole- 18
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher- 1
Mourning Warbler- 1
Total birds: 626
Notes: Flight made up primarily of Bobolink. The Yellow-bellied Flycatcher perched in the Walnut tree for nice study then proceeded to exhibit morning flight behavior! A nice Mourning Warbler flew close in the gap, both wonderful birds. There was at least 15 Royal Terns making their way South toward the point. Shorebird highlights, 2 Pectorals male and female, 1 White-rumped Sandpiper, 2 Spotted Sandpiper, 2 Solitary Sandpiper, 2 Sanderlings.