After being rather hampered for over a week (Upstate, NY, at least) by pervasive strong South and West winds, it looks like the big break for much of the Northeast will be tomorrow night. There’s a decent migration happening right now (small waves of Swainson’s, Gray-cheeked, Hermit Thrushes, limited sparrows, etc.), but these are (for here, anyway) probably mostly birds from very Southern Ontario, busting out of the South side of the low pressure system that’s been stuck over Eastern Canada. The same happened last night with birds passing through, but that movement was pretty much complete by 1am.
A high pressure system will slowly move into the area over much of the Great Lakes tomorrow and tomorrow night, allowing some relief to southbound birds from a bit farther North. So, keep your ears open. Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418<tel:607-254-2418> M: 607-351-5740<tel:607-351-5740> F: 607-254-1132<tel:607-254-1132> http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
