More birds took to the sky last night, as northwest winds dominated the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions. 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. Migration was moderate to heavy last night along the extreme east coast, while […]

Migration was moderate over the NE and mid-Atlantic regions last night. 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. High pressure over Maine caused moderate NE->SW winds last night, triggering migration across the NE and mid-Atlantic regions. The […]

Conditions were perfect for a big flight last night, with northerly winds dominating the landscape from the Midwest to the East Coast, down to the Florida peninsula. Over the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, these winds were overwhelmingly out of the northwest under clear starry skies. Birds were on the move! Here’s the radar from 6:00pm […]

Well, it didn’t take much to get those birds moving again; just a little switch of the wind and the floodgates opened once more. 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. The regional composite indicated that while […]

As the title says, nothing was moving last night given the southerly winds. But, following the low pressure system moving across the region during the last two days, some great birds have been reported. Red-necked Phalaropes have been popping up in good numbers as a result of the onshore winds, with three being reported from […]