Morning Flight September 28, 2010

No migrating songbirds were counted during today's watch, likely due to the continued strong winds out of the south which shut down regional migration again last night. A few warblers were hanging out along the edge of the dike, and some flickers made short flights around the margin of the woods, but for the most part, things were very quiet for the second day in a row. Three adult light morph Parasitic Jaegers heading south over Delaware Bay were the standout highlights from the day. These were the first southbound jaegers seen from Higbee this autumn, giving a nice temporal grounding right in the axis of the changing seasons (if the Brown Creepers, Golden-crowned Kinglets and Swamp Sparrows weren't enough of an indication). Alas, the days of Orchard Orioles and Prothonotary Warblers at Higbee have passed by for the year as we look forward to some juicy late season flights.