As the latest cold front pushed it’s way offshore yesterday, high pressure built in over the Northeast and mid-Atlantic with steady northerly winds. The result was a migration superhighway extending across the Central, Mississippi, and Eastern flyways. Here’s the radar from 7:00pm last night through 5:00am this morning.
Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation.
The most impressive image to me is the regional composite, which shows heavy migration across almost every radar within view. This was the first of many cold fronts to trigger extensive migration over multiple flyways, and will undoubtedly result in a species composition change across the mid-Atlantic region. While the forecast initially called for northerly winds across the mid-Atlantic, it appears that winds were consistently northwesterly over New Jersey and northeasterly over central Pennsylvania. These conditions will undoubtedly favor coastal locations in NJ and central locations in PA this morning. Given the clear skies and strong tailwind, Cape May should be full of birds this morning. Sandy Hook and Island Beach State Park should also see a good influx of new birds, but locations along the Delaware might not be as productive as birds over PA appeared to be moving NE–>SW. Well, that’s what I see on the radar, but the truth lies in the field… so please stop back and let me know how it looks out there.
Good Birding
David
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