why this morning
Strong S tailwind + heavy BirdCast traffic last night suggests birds bypassed for Canada — photo yield may lag list diversity. WSW aloft (253°/17mph) wind carried migrants north overnight; 3.67M birds crossed Cuyahoga — huge (100th percentile this spring). Dry-ish dawn (7-16% PoP); no fallout-trigger precip, so birds settle into cover by their own clock. Phenology is dead-center for Blackpoll, Northern Waterthrush, Wilson's, Magnolia warblers (peak-week composition). Photo-cooperative targets up top — Eastern Towhee, Swainson's Thrush, Scarlet Tanager (ground / low-perch / mid-canopy, easy lens reach). Expect 35-50 species; comparable to Wed 4/8 (6.17). Expected high migration tonight — 621k birds forecast (97th percentile, top-4 night of season); tomorrow's score may rise.
signals
top 6 targets · photo mode
leave 5:28 am·sunrise 6:03 am·window 8:03 am·home 8:28 am·~2h round-trip
tomorrow · Sun, May 17
Closest analog: Wed, 4/8 (6.2).