What an amazing morning! Much of the early flightline was well east of the dike, leading to many warbler "sp.'s." Nice diversity overall, 3,217 total birds.
Location: Higbee Beach
Observation date: 8/25/09
Notes: CMBO Morning Flight Count. Add 908 Warbler "sp." D. Freiday official counter with help from Cameron Cox, Vince Elia, Michael O'Brien, Tom Reed. *'d species were not engaged in Morning Flight; many of these species are not considered as part of Morning Flight count. Cold front finally cleared area Monday, high pressure building into area, winds light and generally with north component, northeast early, northwest late.
Number of species: 88
Canada Goose 5 *
Mallard 2 *
Green-winged Teal 2 *
Double-crested Cormorant 50 *
Great Blue Heron 1 *
Great Egret 3 *
Snowy Egret 5 *
Glossy Ibis 3 *
Black Vulture 5 *
Turkey Vulture 25 *
Osprey 5 *
Bald Eagle 1 *
Cooper's Hawk 1 *
Red-tailed Hawk 1 *
Black-bellied Plover 2 *
Semipalmated Plover 10 *
Spotted Sandpiper 1 *
Solitary Sandpiper 4 *
Greater Yellowlegs 2 *
Lesser Yellowlegs 5 *
Sanderling 5 *
Semipalmated Sandpiper 25 *
Laughing Gull 50 *
Ring-billed Gull 5 *
Herring Gull 15 *
Great Black-backed Gull 10 *
Least Tern 1 *
Common Tern 3 *
Forster's Tern 15 *
Royal Tern 5 *
Black Skimmer 1 *
Rock Pigeon 20 *
Mourning Dove 20 *
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 10
Belted Kingfisher 1 *
Downy Woodpecker 3 *
Hairy Woodpecker 1 *
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Alder Flycatcher 1 *
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's) 2 *
Least Flycatcher 1 *
Empidonax sp. 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 3 *
Eastern Kingbird 840
White-eyed Vireo 1 *
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 8
Fish Crow 10 *
Purple Martin 75 *
Tree Swallow 10 *
Barn Swallow 20 *
Carolina Chickadee 5 *
Carolina Wren 3 *
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 181
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 3 *
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling 50 *
Cedar Waxwing 135
Blue-winged Warbler 2
Nashville Warbler 6
Northern Parula 1
Yellow Warbler 31
Magnolia Warbler 4
Cape May Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 6
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 11
Cerulean Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 92
American Redstart 652
Prothonotary Warbler 2
Ovenbird 3
Northern Waterthrush 44
Louisiana Waterthrush 2
Common Yellowthroat 1 *
Lark Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 5 *
Blue Grosbeak 2 *
Indigo Bunting 2 *
Bobolink 183
Red-winged Blackbird 200 *
Common Grackle 20 *
Brown-headed Cowbird 10 *
Baltimore Oriole 82
House Finch 20 *
American Goldfinch 5 *
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