The winds were light and out of the north last night, but clearly not enough of an obstacle to keep birds from moving this late in the season. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am this morning.

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

The winds were light (5kts) and out of the northwest last night, but otherwise the atmospheric conditions were quite conducive to migration. The radar indicates that birds took advantage of the conditions and made a bid for the breeding grounds. Migration was widespread across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast last night, with the majority of birds heading on a S->N track. With no weather to bring birds down, I would not expect any fallout conditions to have occurred. The best bets today will be migrant traps such as the central Delaware Bay coastline and Garret Mountain in New Jersey. Sandy Hook should be good early this morning, but will die down as east winds build in by late morning.

Of course, your observations are always welcome, so please stop back and let us know what you saw.

Good Birding

David