Birds and weather… there’s nothing else quite like it to get a Jerseybirder excited (even if he’s in Florida…). Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am 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.
Both the Fort Dix and Dover radars showed heavy migration after sunset, mostly on a SW–>NE trajectory. While some bird clearly moved out of the state, many more could be seen entering from both the south (across the Delaware Bay) and the west (via Pennsylvania). Heavy rain associated with last night’s cold front (which can be seen on the northeast composite image) appears to have caused some birds to put-down, although no major fallouts are apparent on the radar (winds were still favorable and precipitation not intense enough to create a strong migration barrier). That said, there will be plenty of birds around from this migration event. If you experienced any heavy rain during the early morning hours, it would be best to check around your local patch of woods, but if you were already planning to hit Garret Mountain or, especially, Sandy Hook, then go for it!
Both sites should be good this morning, in addition to any other spring migrant traps in New Jersey.
Good Birding
David
P.S. My migration forecast for the World Series of Birding weekend will be posted on Birdcapemay.org at 12:00 noon today. Things are looking great bird-wise, but the weather doesn’t seem to be cooperating otherwise…come on over and check it out, you won’t need a raincoat to read it.
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