Morning Flight Sunday September 6 2009

The morning was, in short, spectacular. There were birds going all over the place. Once again, 20 species of warblers were observed and, including 759 unidentified warblers, 1797 warblers were counted. The highlights included the first two Connecticut Warblers of the season, a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, a lateish Orchard Oriole, as well as spectacular views of most of the common warblers in stellar light.

Location: Cape Island--Higbees Beach SWA--Dike
Observation date: 9/6/09
Number of species: 96

Mallard 8
Blue-winged Teal 1
Northern Shoveler 3
Double-crested Cormorant 85
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 3
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 2
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper's Hawk 1
American Kestrel 5
Peregrine Falcon 1
Semipalmated Plover 5
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 8
Sanderling 5
Semipalmated Sandpiper 45
Western Sandpiper 5
Least Sandpiper 14
Laughing Gull 115
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Common Tern 12
Forster's Tern 15
Royal Tern 6
Rock Pigeon 18
Mourning Dove 10
Common Nighthawk 2
Chimney Swift 9
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Empidonax sp. 3
Eastern Kingbird 85
White-eyed Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 7
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 16
Fish Crow 4
Purple Martin 6
Tree Swallow 22
Bank Swallow 3
Cliff Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 45
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Veery 6
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 32
Gray Catbird 8
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 120
Cedar Waxwing 35
Blue-winged Warbler 2
Tennessee Warbler 4
Nashville Warbler 4
Northern Parula 131
Yellow Warbler 133
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Magnolia Warbler 14
Cape May Warbler 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 38
Black-throated Green Warbler 5
Blackburnian Warbler 5
Prairie Warbler 3
Blackpoll Warbler 5
Black-and-white Warbler 118
American Redstart 480
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Ovenbird 8
Northern Waterthrush 82
Connecticut Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 8
Scarlet Tanager 7
Field Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 12
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 2
Dickcissel 2
Bobolink 380
Red-winged Blackbird 65
Common Grackle 4
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 86
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 9