Look out inland sites, birds are headed your way! Here’s the radar from 6:00pm last night through 6:00am this morning.

Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation.

Another clear night following the passage of the last cold front, and the winds were again perfect for migration. This time the predominant wind direction was out of the northeast, which means birds were moving NE->SW across the landscape throughout the night and into this morning. That will mean good things for inland migrant traps, as birds find their way back to earth in the early hours. Since there was no weather to concentrate birds this morning, and since birds moving inland are harder to pin down than those being blown to the coast, tried and true migrant traps will be best today. Sandra seems to have found a great location at National Park, along the Delaware River. I’d suspect any point along the river, especially where the land juts out towards the west (as it does around Pennsville, should be great this morning. The northern Delaware Bay shore should also be excellent this morning, as should inland ridges such as Chimney Rock and Raccoon Ridge. The forecast is calling for the winds to turn southeasterly by noon, which will likely limit the number of raptors flying this afternoon.

Please stop back and let us know what you saw!

Good Birding

David

P.S. If you’re interested in how migration is progressing to the south, go check out our companion site, Badbirdz-Reloaded at http://badbirdz2.wordpress.com where Angel and Mariel Abreu are doing an awesome job posting the radar and getting feedback from local birders in Florida.