Clear skies and northeast winds set the stage last night for another big push of birds over the mid-Atlantic. 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.
While the reflectivity images indicate heavy migration over the Garden State last night, the velocity images show a strong ENE–>WSW trajectory which should send birds inland for this morning. Given the clear atmospheric conditions, birds will be dispersed across the landscape today making difficult the task of choosing a birding location. Stick to the “tried and true” fall migration hotspots for the best chances of seeing high bird diversity, which should include the inland ridges (Chimney Rock and possibly Garret Mountain) sites along the Delaware River such as Washington Crossing State Park (PA and NJ) and areas at the mouth of the Delaware Bay (such as Palmyra).
Good Birding
David
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I didn’t get an early start, but hit Cumberland County spots near the bayshore and inland a few miles. Between Brian and myself – Brian started earlier, we had 17 species of warbler in good numbers. Good diversity, good numbers, stuff was spread out. The main migrant could have been RED-EYED VIREO as that was what we had most numerous on the ground. It even beat REDSTART!