Morning Flight September 23 and 24 2009

Yesterday was spectacularly bad, however it was significantly better than the day before. Three days ago I counted zero birds, yesterday I counted two. I did spent a significant portion of the morning stacking Cheerios. I case anyone is wondering, roughly seven Cheerios can be stacked atop one another before falling over. More to the point, the two birds I counted were a Redstart and an unidentified warbler.

Today (09/24) was infinitely better than the past few days though the numbers remained low. The diversity was excellent, due largely to Michael O'Brien and his camera. There was an uncommonly cooperative Gray-cheeked Thrush that perched out in the open and allowed prolonged scope views. We also had a quick view of an adult Red-headed Woodpecker, also thanks to Michael O'Brien, and a late morning Lark Sparrow.

Location: Cape Island--Higbees Beach SWA--Dike
Observation date: 9/24/09
Number of species: 60

Canada Goose 5
Blue-winged Teal 12
Northern Shoveler 8
Green-winged Teal 7
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 35
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Forster's Tern 4
Royal Tern 8
Rock Pigeon 4
Mourning Dove 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 12
Least Flycatcher 1
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 6
Tree Swallow 85
Carolina Chickadee 4
Carolina Wren 6
House Wren 1
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 8
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 55
Cedar Waxwing 6
Northern Parula 7
Yellow Warbler 2
Cape May Warbler 5
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 3
Palm Warbler 4
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 8
American Redstart 5
Northern Waterthrush 3
Common Yellowthroat 6
Lark Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 6
Indigo Bunting 3
Dickcissel 1
Bobolink 8
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Common Grackle 4
American Goldfinch 4

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