Morning Flight Monday August 23, 2010

Location: Cape Island--Higbees Beach SWA--Dike
Observation date: 8/23/10
Notes: Considering the soft N/ NW winds for several hours pre-dawn this morning, the flight was a bit lighter than expected. Eight observers noted a light to moderate warbler flight that peaked about 45 minutes after sunrise and died down quickly thereafter. This list only includes species and numbers of birds that appeared to be engaged in morning flight behavior.

Number of species: 15

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris 3
Empidonax sp. - Empidonax sp. 1
Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus 135
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea 23
American Robin - Turdus migratorius 2
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos 1
Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum 6
Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia 10
Cape May Warbler - Dendroica tigrina 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler - Dendroica caerulescens 4
Blackburnian Warbler - Dendroica fusca 1
Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia 2
American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla 52
Northern Waterthrush - Seiurus noveboracensis 3
warbler sp. - Parulinae sp. 10
Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea 6
Bobolink - Dolichonyx oryzivorus 80

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)


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