17 August 2011 - Morning Flight

This morning's flight at Higbee Beach was moderate in overall volume of birds, but involved a bit more diversity than yesterday. Wow - we've had two solid mornings in a row to kick off the fall count! Highlights this morning included a good showing by Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, a heard-only Dickcissel, and quick but satisfying views of Canada, Blackburnian, and Chestnut-sided Warblers flying past. Three species of warblers have dominated both of the last two mornings: Northern Waterthrush, American Redstart, and Yellow Warbler.

Black-and-white Warbler in redirected migration over Higbee Beach



Cape Island--Higbees Beach SWA--Dike, Cape May, US-NJ
Aug 17, 2011 5:59 AM - 9:14 AM
Protocol: Stationary
75 species (+6 other taxa)

Double-crested Cormorant 8
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Green Heron 3
Bald Eagle 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Black-bellied Plover 1
Killdeer 5
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Willet 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Sanderling 250
Semipalmated Sandpiper 25
peep sp. 30
Laughing Gull 85
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Forster's Tern 10
Royal Tern 4
Rock Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 18
Chimney Swift 7
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Empidonax sp. 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 80
White-eyed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 4
crow sp. 2
Purple Martin 8
Tree Swallow 7
Bank Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 55
Carolina Chickadee 3
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 50 includes 48 counted in northbound morning flight
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 22
Cedar Waxwing 40
Worm-eating Warbler 2
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Northern Waterthrush 33
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 10
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 68
Northern Parula 4
Blackburnian Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 105
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Prairie Warbler 7
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Canada Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 1 *heard calling; did not appear to "fly out"
Yellow-breasted Chat 1 *viewed below dike - did not "fly out"
warbler sp. 42
Field Sparrow 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Blue Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 10
Dickcissel 1
Bobolink 175
Red-winged Blackbird 300
Common Grackle 7
Brown-headed Cowbird 30
Orchard Oriole 3
Baltimore Oriole 2
blackbird sp. 150
House Finch 18
American Goldfinch 4

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