National Overview

UPDATED: The radar feed went back up this morning but it looks like all the data prior to 2am was dropped, so here are the loops from 2am – 5am Central Time. The good news is that things should be back to normal for tomorrow’s post. You can still check out the loop from 3pm yesterday through today here on Paul Hurtado’s site.

OLD CONTENT: Talk about Murphy’s Law! The individual radar feeds from the NCAR site are down today so I have no radar to post for you.

Migration was heavy again across the south where Trans-Gulf migrants continue to pour in over the TX and LA coasts from Mexico. The stationary front across the midsection of the country still marks the boundary between heavy and light migration, with the lighter stuff obviously to the north of the front.

Below are the radar loops from sunset last night through 5:00am (central time) this morning

Since I will be publishing “as I go” each morning you may see some incomplete posts throughout the early morning hours. Don’t worry- it’s coming!

Mid Atlantic

Delaware & New Jersey

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

Little to no migration again last night for the Mid Atlantic with the front creating a strong barrier across the Delmarva Peninsula. I expect little change in birding conditions this morning as birds will only be moving locally under these conditions.

Upper Midwest

Iowa & Illinois

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

Wisconsin

Migration was light to moderate throughout Iowa, Indiana and up to central Wisconsin with birds moving NW on SE winds. We’re still waiting for high pressure to come down and break up this frontal barrier, after which we’ll see a big push of Neotropical migrants into the system. Until then expect good shorebirding conditions at interior wet areas to continue and for the early season migrants (sparrows and vanguard warblers and vireos) to continue pushing farther north. Northern Wisconsin saw another big push into the region last night and should see some new birds this morning. Because of the lack of precipitation, I don’t expect any fallout conditions this morning and therefore birds should be distributed throughout the region today. Hey! Green Bay is back online! WOOHOO!

As always, woodcreeper.com depends on YOU to report your sightings and be our ‘eyes on the ground’, so please come back and give us an idea of how we’re doing predicting birding conditions in your neck of the woods.

For migration updates in other regions check-

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula – The Northwoods BIRDAR by Max Henschell <- NEW!
New England – Tom Auer’s blog
Florida/SE – Badbirdz Reloaded by Angel and Mariel Abreu
PA/Ohio Valley – Nemesis Bird by Drew Weber
NW Ohio – Birding the Crane Creek by Kenn Kaufman
Arizona – Words About Birds by Tim Schreckengost <- NEW!
Pac NW – Birds Over Portland by Greg Haworth
Continental US – eBird BirdCast Forecast & Report by Team eBird