Sorry so late in posting. 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.
Southerly flow across most of the US east of the Rockies triggered migration across the Central Mississippi and Eastern Flyways last night. Migration was heaviest from Texas across to Florida, but moderate to heavy migration was evident throughout the entire region. Some especially heavy migration occurred over central Pennsylvania.
Northeast winds built in early this morning, and that can be seen on the velocity images. This will mean inland locations will be best this morning, so head for the mountains if your in New Jersey! (Garret Mountain, specifically) Some other good bets be along the Delaware River, or across the river in Pennsylvania or Delaware.
Good Birding
David
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Sandy Hook didn’t seem to have any migrants today (at least in the lower half of the hook), and there were fewer passerines in general as compared to Wednesday. Everything must be away from the coast.
There was a nice amount of Ruby-crowned Kinglets in the Teaneck/Hackensack
(Bergen Co.) area this morning, as well as a few Yellow-rumps. A local wet woods patch yielded a Phoebe, a Palm Warbler, and my FOS Blue-headed Vireo.
Thanks for your ‘ground truthing’!
Blake- I supposed you were bringing your class to Sandy Hook today. I feel for you- as those east winds are rarely kind to The Hook during migration. That said, I’m glad you were there to give some perspective since folks rarely report when there’s little to be found. Nice to have the comparison provided by Netanel since Bergen Co. is further inland where we would have expected more birds today.