Morning Flight - 25 September 2012

Southwest winds this morning were stronger than I had anticipated and shut down any sort of "echo flight" from yesterday's gangbuster's exodus.  I did manage 149 warblers of 9 species.  The highlights for the day were the fall's first two Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers at Morning Flight and the second consecutive day with a Blue-headed Vireo. 

Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
Northern Flicker - 78
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2
Eastern Phoebe -  1
Red-eyed Vireo - 22
Blue-headed Vireo - 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 7
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
American Robin - 2
Cedar Waxwing - 1
Northern Parula - 37
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1
Palm Warbler - 17
Blackpoll Warbler - 5
"Baypoll" Warbler - 1
Black-and-white Warbler - 14
American Redstart - 17
Northern Waterthrush - 3
warbler sp. - 52
Scarlet Tanager - 1
Savannah Sparrow - 2
Indigo Bunting - 2
Baltimore Oriole - 5

Total = 281

Lastly, a single Brown Pelican and a handful of offshore Northern Gannets (now including adults) were pleasant distractions for the onlookers that had gathered this morning.