More birds made it into New Jersey last night, as the cold front pressed eastward setting up a strong southerly flow over the coast. 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.
Heavy migration was apparent across the state overnight and into the early morning. While we did experience some thunderstorm activity last night, the radar indicates that birds continued to migrate (and in Central Jersey appear to have increased) after its passage. Birding conditions should be very good to great this morning, with diversity kicking up a notch in the south, and high densities of migrants at coastal locations and inland migrant traps. It might be a little wet out there this morning, but it’ll be well worth dragging out the rain gear!
Good Birding
David
P.S. I’ve updated the Mid-Atlantic migration forecast for the rest of the weekend, so come check it out at Birdcapemay.org
Posted by: David La Puma
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