Morning Flight - 4 September 2012

The migration doldrums continued this morning, although the "flight" of mosquitoes was noteworthy.  And because of this, I finally upgraded my footwear from open- to closed-toed.  Northern Waterthrushes again held true to form and were flying about, despite poor conditions.  Otherwise, warbler diversity actually increased from yesterday, which is saying something, I think.         

Eastern Kingbird - 2
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Northern Parula -1
Yellow Warbler -3
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1
Prairie Warbler - 2
American Redstart -3
Northern Waterthrush -14
warbler sp. - 2
Blue Grosbeak - 1
Indigo Bunting - 2

Total = 37

The highlight of the day was a flyby Marbled Godwit that came in off the bayshore and appeared to be heading east on the canal.  Otherwise, 17 southbound Brown Pelicans and 6 Belted Kingfishers were both good counts.