...I really have to retrain myself to check this list now that migration is back in action!
Yeah, birds are moving over the mid-Atlantic tonight. There appears to be a nice flight over the Delmarva Peninsula and into New Jersey, with less movement over coastal NC and heavy movement out of Raleigh/Durham, NC and Norfolk, VA. We should see a more widespread push over the weekend and into next week when southwesterly flow connects the Gulf states with the mid-Atlantic... this should be part of the winter-cleaning, but will probably bring more solid numbers of early migrants wintering in the southern states (Yellow-throated and Pine warblers, as well as LA Waterthrush, to name a few). Good Listening! David ps. I'll be posting the overnight radar to www.woodcreeper.com most mornings by 7:00am EST. ____________________________________________________ David A. La Puma Villas, NJ Websites: http://www.woodcreeper.com http://badbirdz2.wordpress.com Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/woodcreeper On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 8:30 PM, Andy Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > Andrew, > > I think certain early migrating species might take advantage of tonight's > weather conditions. There has not been a night like this around my house in > many weeks. Although NWS here in Washington DC region only has wind out of a > southerly component for 3 hrs before switching back to north by early > morning > > I recorded last night from 11:45 PM to 6 AM and had the following: > > Song Sparrow 3-4 > Savannah Sparrow 2 > Ring-billed Gull 1 > Canada Goose flock > Tundra Swan (sounded like only a few birds) > Possible Barn Owl > > I will be recording tonight. West winds are usually quietest nights around > my area because it tamps down the auto noise from Interstate 270. > > Andy Martin > Gaithersburg, MD > [email protected] > > > On 3/17/2010 7:57 PM, Andrew Albright wrote: > >> Is this too early for a big NF in the mid-atlantic region? >> >> Are these the main factors? >> 1) Date during migration season (higher numbers during peak) >> 2) What has happened during previous nights - i.e. if the wind was >> blowing strongly in the wrong direction or >> 3) Wind speed and direction >> >> It should have been backed up recently with all the rain and northern >> winds. Wind is out of the WSW tonight. But, is it still to early for >> a big spring NFC? >> >> Andrew Albright >> Lafayette Hill, PA >> >> -- >> >> NFC-L List Info: >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES >> >> ARCHIVES: >> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html >> 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html >> 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L >> >> Please submit your observations to eBird: >> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >> >> -- >> >> >> > > > -- > > NFC-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html > 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
