A rather slow morning at Higbee's, and the strong east winds kept a lot of the activity between the sun and the dike. The lone highlight was a single Connecticut Warbler. Palm Warblers are now ever present and Redstarts are fading fast, as evidenced by the measley total of 5 for the day. Summer is most definitely over. Total birds counted for the day was 236. On a non-passerine note, a large movement of Double-crested Cormorants was detected, including one flock of around 150 individuals. 2 juvenile Long-billed Dowitchers also showed nicely for at least 20 minutes before flying off south.
Mallard X
Blue-winged Teal 6
Northern Shoveler 4
Double-crested Cormorant 450
Great Blue Heron 3
Osprey 15
Bald Eagle 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10
Cooper's Hawk 5
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 2
Merlin 6
Peregrine Falcon 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Long-billed Dowitcher 2
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Forster's Tern 6
Royal Tern 4
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 52
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow X
Tree Swallow X
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee X
Carolina Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 12
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 26
Tennessee Warbler 1
Northern Parula 18
Magnolia Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 6
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 36
Blackpoll Warbler 13
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Redstart 5
Northern Waterthrush 1
Connecticut Warbler 1
warbler sp. 42
Scarlet Tanager 2
Savannah Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 3
Red-winged Blackbird 100
Common Grackle 1
Baltimore Oriole 3
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow X
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