This morning brought a very solid flight with great species diversity, though not overwhelming numbers. I have been attempting to deny that the fall is steadily slipping through my fingers, but my denial was dealt a resounding blow today when Palm Warblers soundly trounced redstarts as the most numerous warbler. Fall marches on. The Long-billed Dowitcher from yesterday made another appearance, but warblers were the hit of the morning. Including Common Yellowthroats, which do not participate in morning flight, we had 24 species of warblers; a rather solid total! There were 1084 individual warblers counted including 448 unidentified warblers. We also had some great looks at Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and a flyby Clay-colored Sparrow. A fine morning!
Location: Cape Island--Higbees Beach SWA--Dike
Observation date: 9/19/09
Number of species: 86
Mallard 6
Blue-winged Teal 5
Northern Shoveler 5
Green-winged Teal 6
Double-crested Cormorant 7
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 8
Turkey Vulture 12
Osprey 6
Bald Eagle 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 18
Cooper's Hawk 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Merlin 8
Semipalmated Plover 2
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Semipalmated Sandpiper 6
Least Sandpiper 9
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Long-billed Dowitcher 1
Laughing Gull 55
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 18
Great Black-backed Gull 35
Forster's Tern 2
Royal Tern 6
Rock Pigeon 12
Mourning Dove 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 94
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 12
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 55
Fish Crow 6
Tree Swallow 300
Barn Swallow 15
Carolina Chickadee 3
Carolina Wren 6
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 35
Cedar Waxwing 557
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler 9
Nashville Warbler 5
Northern Parula 110
Yellow Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Magnolia Warbler 2
Cape May Warbler 10
Black-throated Blue Warbler 13
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 8
Blackburnian Warbler 3
Prairie Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 256
Bay-breasted Warbler 9
Blackpoll Warbler 64
Black-and-white Warbler 22
American Redstart 80
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 18
Connecticut Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
Wilson's Warbler 2
Canada Warbler 2
Scarlet Tanager 5
Clay-colored Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 9
Indigo Bunting 5
Bobolink 21
Red-winged Blackbird 110
Common Grackle 8
Baltimore Oriole 4
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 12
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