National overview

A stationary front across North Texas marked the boundary to migration up the Central and Mississippi flyways last night with the heaviest migration along the Gulf Coast from Brownsville to Houston, Texas. Migration was also evident along the East Coast, where the latest cold front has finally pushed to the coastline, and along the pacific where a new series of lows have begun to come ashore.

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

Western Gulf Coast

Texas

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

Louisiana

Light southeasterly winds appear to have provided enough motivation for migration last night, as birds all along the Western Gulf Coast took to the skies heading NNW after sunset. More birds did arrive into Texas from over Mexico throughout the night, but the general trajectory of these birds was S->NW, suggesting that they are not concentrated along the coast this morning. As far as Trans-Gulf migration goes, winds over the Eastern Yucatan last night were light and out of the SE, suggesting some exodus from that region over night. We should expect these birds to arrive on the Texas/Louisiana coast this afternoon sometime, but because wind conditions were unfavorable for all but the east-most part of the peninsula, the number of birds arriving will probably be low to moderate. Given the continued easterly winds over the Caribbean and northern South America, we’re hoping that a few eastern strays will come in on the next waves of migrants either this afternoon or (more likely) tomorrow afternoon. Either way it looks like the weather will be nice for being outside and finding what birds are around. While the number of individual birds on the ground will be thin today, the region is still loaded with good birds that take a little more effort to find. Okay, with that, I’m out of here to see what’s around today!

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.

Good Birding,

David

For migration updates in other regions check-

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula - The Northwoods BIRDAR by Max Henschell
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
Pac NW - Birds Over Portland by Greg Haworth
Continental US - eBird BirdCast Forecast & Report by Team eBird