South winds stalled songbird movement, leaving few birds airborne today. Aside for the minor movement of predominantly Yellow Warblers yesterday, there hasn't been a warbler flight since 8/22, now five days ago. Today's highlight was the first migrant sparrow of the year: Clay-colored Sparrow.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2
Cedar Waxwing - 4
Yellow Warbler - 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 2
American Redstart - 21
Ovenbird - 1
Northern Waterthrush - 7
warbler sp. - 5
Clay-colored Sparrow - 1
Indigo Bunting - 5
Bobolink - 17
Total = 78
Other non-morning flight highlights included a Northern Gannet and continued good numbers of Black Terns. I tallied at least 20, although I'm sure there were more filtering in and out of the bay. At one point, a larid feeding frenzy contained no less than 17 Black Terns!
