Morning Flight - 17 September 2012

Today's flight was remarkably similar to yesterday's in terms of warbler diversity (21 species) and breakdown (nearly identical numbers of parulas, Black-and-white Warblers, and redstarts), but consisted almost wholly of warblers (415/498; 83.5%), with little else flying.  Amazingly, there were no northbound Cedar Waxwings nor Bobolinks.  The highlight of the flight, aside from a single Red-headed Woodpecker, were even more Tennessee Warblers (23) than yesterday (12).  The four Red-headed Woodpeckers already this year ties the average for this species at Morning Flight.   

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 5
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 22
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 19
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
Swainson's Thrush - 1
American Robin - 5
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Tennessee Warbler - 23
Nashville Warbler - 1
Northern Parula - 98
Yellow Warbler - 9
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 5
Magnolia Warbler - 2
Cape May Warbler - 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1
Blackburnian Warbler - 1
Prairie Warbler - 1
Palm Warbler - 26
Bay-breasted Warbler - 2
Blackpoll Warbler - 12
"Baypoll" Warbler - 4
Black-and-white Warbler - 26
American Redstart - 63
Ovenbird - 1
Northern Waterthrush - 28
Connecticut Warbler - 1
Canada Warbler - 1
warbler sp. - 105
Scarlet Tanager - 5
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Blue Grosbeak - 1
Indigo Bunting - 12
Purple Finch - 1

Total = 498


Swainson's Thrush (Photo by Sam Galick)

Northern Waterthrush (left) and Blackpoll Warbler (right; photo by Sam Galick)

Connecticut Warbler (Photo by Sam Galick)