Morning Flight Tuesday September 21, 2010

I was really surprised at the magnitude of the flight this morning given the easterly component to the wind- around 900 warblers and over 400 Northern Flickers flew out at the Higbee Dike. Late season birds like Blue-headed Vireo, Dark-eyed Junco, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Golden-crowned Kinglet, etc all made appearances, giving the morning a very October-like feel. The 52 F temperatures helped as well.

Location: Cape Island--Higbees Beach SWA--Dike
Observation date: 9/21/10
Notes: NE winds switching E/ ESE later in the morning. Strong flight given wind direction, with Northern Flicker making its first big move of the fall here. Only birds apparently engaged in morning flight are included in this list.
Number of species: 36

Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Northern Flicker 416
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Red-eyed Vireo 10
Red-breasted Nuthatch 14
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 13
Northern Mockingbird 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 1
Northern Parula 211
Yellow Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 6
Cape May Warbler 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 17
Yellow-rumped Warbler 24
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 411
Blackpoll Warbler 11
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 23
American Redstart 85
Northern Waterthrush 9
warbler sp. 93
Chipping Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 5
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 2
Scarlet Tanager 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 15
Dickcissel 1
Bobolink 19
Purple Finch 1

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


Northern Flickers came through in big numbers today - 416 zipped by the Dike, and over 1000 were counted along the bayshore in Villas (Tom Johnson, Higbee Beach).