Morning Flight September 27, 2010

At Higbee, it rained for most of the morning before clearing around 11. I counted the "flight" for two hours and saw two passerines which *might* have been engaged in morning flight behavior - a Blue Grosbeak and a Northern Parula. Other warblers, including Blackpolls, Palms, and a Connecticut, were milling around the edge of the woods, but they didn't fly out. This wasn't terribly surprising given the lack of even mediocre migratory conditions last night. The path up the dike is quite slick, so be very careful if you make the ascent.


This Dickcissel was not at the Higbee Dike, but has been frequenting the House Sparrow flock in Cape May Point State Park for the last two days (Tom Johnson).