Morning Flight Friday September 4, 2009

A decent movement of birds early on despite the unfavorable conditions (at least the 4th day in a row of NE winds). It was highlighted by a couple of Cape May Warblers in the last hour and change, well after the flight had slowed to almost nothing.
eBird list:
Location: Cape Island--Higbees Beach SWA--Dike
Observation date: 9/4/09
Notes: NNE/NE Winds.
Number of species: 54

Mallard 3
Double-crested Cormorant X
Turkey Vulture 17
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 2
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Semipalmated Plover 9
Killdeer 1
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 11
Semipalmated Sandpiper 50
Least Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Caspian Tern 1
Common Tern X
Forster's Tern X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 12
Belted Kingfisher 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Eastern Kingbird 75
American Crow X
Fish Crow X
Purple Martin 2
Tree Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Carolina Chickadee X
Carolina Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Northern Parula 7
Yellow Warbler 3
Magnolia Warbler 1
Cape May Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 5
Prairie Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 10
American Redstart 117
Northern Waterthrush 4
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Cardinal X
Blue Grosbeak 1
Bobolink 3
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
American Goldfinch X

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