A weak front passed overnight bringing with it a moderate, but enjoyable, morning flight. Mostly Redstarts and Black-and-White Warblers. The total for the day was 652 with 395 warblers counted including 80 unidentified warblers. Flyby Stilt and White-rumped Sandpipers were shorebird highlights. Totals below are for all birds seen and include species or individuals not participating in morning flight.
Location: Cape Island--Higbees Beach SWA--Dike
Observation date: 8/27/09
Number of species: 74
Mallard 4
Double-crested Cormorant 45 2 migrating flocks
Osprey 2
Black-bellied Plover 2
Semipalmated Plover 6
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Semipalmated Sandpiper 70 Adults made up almost half of todays total
Western Sandpiper 2
Least Sandpiper 30
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Stilt Sandpiper 2
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Laughing Gull 120
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 12
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Least Tern 1
Common Tern 2
Forster's Tern 8
Royal Tern 3
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 14
Chimney Swift 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8
Downy Woodpecker 1
Alder Flycatcher 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Empidonax sp. 1
Eastern Kingbird 300
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 9
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 2
Purple Martin 20
Tree Swallow 35
Barn Swallow 25
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 19
Veery 1
American Robin 35
Gray Catbird 9
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling 80
Cedar Waxwing 60
Nashville Warbler 2
Northern Parula 3
Yellow Warbler 18
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 3
Blackburnian Warbler 3
Prairie Warbler 4
Black-and-white Warbler 41
American Redstart 218
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Northern Waterthrush 19
Field Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 3
Bobolink 180
Red-winged Blackbird 115
Common Grackle 12
Baltimore Oriole 8
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 9
House Sparrow 12
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