Month: October 2010

  • Shuffle the deck

    Southwest winds appear to be keeping much from moving over NJ tonight. It is possible that some birds are heading northwest, out of coastal locations, in order to get back onto their preferred track. Therefore we could see some shifts into more inland areas with optimal stopover habitat tomorrow morning. No radar post for Sunday […]

  • A changing of the guard

    Birds were moving in and out of the region last night. While not as “mega” as Thursday night, migration was still quite heavy across New Jersey. In my opinion, the prospects for today are enhanced by the influx of birds from both southern New York State and the more coastal region that blanketed us with […]

  • Wings on the wind: The flight of a decade

    “The flight of the lifetime!” came across my phone last night as I sat in a dark spot between the Cape May Convention Center and the adjacent building, gazed upwards, and marveled at 300 birds passing overhead… …in a single minute. Whether it was really the flight of a lifetime or simply one of the […]

  • The floodgates are open over the Northeast

    Migration is hot and heavy right now over coastal New England and New Jersey. Winds over most of New York State are too strong and out of the west for a big flight, so those birds will have to wait until tomorrow night. In the meantime, we should see a flood of late October birds […]

  • Weekend Outlook- it’s gonna ROCK!

    Looking ahead to the upcoming Fall Weekend here in Cape May, things couldn’t be much better. Well, if we could get a large rain event to really put the birds down right along the coast then that might be better for birders- although you’d be guaranteed to be soggy by mid-morning. That’s not going to […]

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