Today's flight was very one-dimensional. Despite strong NW winds for the morning, there was a modest warbler flight at Higbee, almost solely comprised of Blackpoll Warblers. Of the 235 identified warblers for the morning, 204 (87%) were Blackpolls; only 116 Blackpoll Warblers had been tallied previously for the fall. In all, 316 warblers of 8 species were detected this morning. It seemed that the combination of the midnight cold front passage and strong headwinds weeded out the weaker fliers. Today's six Purple Finches were also the season's high count.
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 12
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 152
Tennessee Warbler - 1
Northern Parula - 8
Cape May Warbler - 9
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Blackburnian Warbler - 2
Palm Warbler - 9
Blackpoll Warbler -
204
"Baypoll" Warbler - 12
American Redstart - 1
warbler sp. - 69
Scarlet Tanager - 1
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Indigo Bunting - 4
Bobolink - 17
Purple Finch - 6
Total = 516
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| Cape May Warbler (Photo by Sam Galick) |
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| Blackpoll Warbler (Photo by Sam Galick) |
