Morning Flight - 6 October 2014

Weather and time: cloudy; 57-64 ºF; winds SSW at 10 mph; 0% cloud cover; very good visibility; 0700 sunrise; 2.25 hours.
  
Morning Flight Count totals:  
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)  3
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)  52
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  1
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)  21     south
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)  1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  6
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)  27     22 south
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)  2
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)  10
Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina)  2
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)  18
Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina)  4
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)  31
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)  5
Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)  12
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)  14
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)  92
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)  1     south
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)  44
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)  3
warbler sp. (Parulinae sp.)  66
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)  1
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)  1
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)  1
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)  22
Dickcissel (Spiza americana)  2
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)  11
Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)  1     south
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)  3
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)  4
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)  2
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  3

Today's full list can be viewed at: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20050530

The second day with good hawk action up at the dike. Pictured is a juvenile male Sharp-shinned Hawk.

Captain, the happy-go-lucky border collie, contemplates his decision to wade in the impoundment.

Pine Warbler! (Photos by: Glen Davis)