More heavy migration last night, as the region continues to be influenced by the N/NW winds following the passage of the last cold front. No time to post the radar this morning, but I’ll attempt to get it up later this afternoon. Since no weather was present to cause birds to concentrate at any one location, hit the tried-and-true migrant traps throughout the region today. Inland sites should be hopping, and the Delaware Bay shore should be a great NJ location.
Good Birding!
David
ps. Thanks to Tom Reed for organizing such an awesome Big Sit event yesterday; we had a great time, and the team logged over 145 species! I’m pretty sure we broke the standing record, but I’ll clarify as news comes in.
Yesterdays flight may possibly have been the best I’ve ever witnessed not so much for variety, but numbers. I didn’t have much time to be out, so I decided to head to Poricy Park instead of my usual Sandy Hook. Activity was pulsating everywhere I went. 5! Lincolns Sparrows, 1 Bobolink, Indigo Bunting, many Palms, thousands of Yellow-Rumps, a singing Northern Parula, many Black-Throated Blues, Flickers, Downies, RC Kinglets, and a Black Vulture overhead. Not too many species but the sheer number of birds was staggering. Yellow-rumps were dripping from the trees, in amongst the sparrows in the fields, and flushing from the path in front of me.
Excellent day at Sandy Hook with great abundance of YR Warblers, Phoebes and many sparrow species as well as both Kinglets. Clay-colored Sp at boy scout camp and continuing Nelson’s and Salt-marsh Sp. at Plum Island. Orange Crowned Warbler, imm.Bald Eagle flyover and Dickcissel as well as good numbers of Hermit Thrush, Winter Wren and No. Flickers. A fun day.