Morning Flight Wednesday September 15, 2010

Wow.


I'm still trying to figure out how to describe the morning flight from today, but for now, I'll just post the list up. Photos and a summary will follow.


Location: Cape Island--Higbees Beach SWA--Dike
Observation date: 9/15/10
Notes: Clear, light N/ NW winds, and tons of birds. 26 species of warblers. WOOD STORK found at the hawkwatch was visible far to the south (photos).
Number of species: 48

Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 first of season
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 162
Eastern Wood-Pewee 13 high
Empidonax sp. 4
Eastern Kingbird 5
Warbling Vireo 1
Philadelphia Vireo 2
vireo sp. 3 Warbling/ Phila. types
Red-breasted Nuthatch 46
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 25
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 235
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler 13
Nashville Warbler 5
Northern Parula 697 high - amazing
Yellow Warbler 92 high for date
Chestnut-sided Warbler 10
Magnolia Warbler 30
Cape May Warbler 31
Black-throated Blue Warbler 56
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 27
Blackburnian Warbler 4
Pine Warbler 2 photos of one
Prairie Warbler 6
Palm Warbler 584 high
Bay-breasted Warbler 13 high
Blackpoll Warbler 89
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler 154
Black-and-white Warbler 352 extremely high - perhaps the second highest count ever from here (500+ in 1993, from Sibley's Birds of Cape May)
American Redstart 1550 high
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Ovenbird 16
Northern Waterthrush 137
Connecticut Warbler 7 high
Hooded Warbler 1 rare - adult male
Wilson's Warbler 2
Canada Warbler 1
warbler sp. 2404 high - many unidentified due to flight volume and birds backlit by sun
Savannah Sparrow 5
Scarlet Tanager 38 high
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 13
Blue Grosbeak 6
Indigo Bunting 11
Dickcissel 2
Bobolink 8
Baltimore Oriole 12

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

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