Morning Flight - 9 September 2012

It finally started to feel more like autumn this morning.  However, the front didn't quite clear the region in time to allow for a substantial morning flight.  Nevertheless, Blackpoll Warblers (28) moved in double-digits for the first time this season.  But while there seems to be a changing-of-the-guards (beginning 9/6, Northern Parulas have suddenly become a dominant member of the warbler flight), today's Orchard Oriole - a date that is getting late for this species - was the first one since 8/21. 

Red-headed Woodpecker - 1
Empidonax flycatcher - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 77
Red-eyed Vireo - 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 16
Cedar Waxwing - 24
Tennessee Warbler - 2
Northern Parula - 49
Yellow Warbler - 10
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2
Magnolia Warbler - 2
Blackburnian Warbler - 1
Prairie Warbler - 1
Palm Warbler - 4
Bay-breasted Warbler - 2
Blackpoll Warbler - 28
"Baypoll" Warbler - 6
Black-and-white Warbler - 11
American Redstart - 49
Ovenbird - 1
Northern Waterthrush - 43
Canada Warbler - 1
warbler sp. - 63
Bobolink - 28
Orchard Oriole - 1

Total = 425

Red-headed Woodpecker (Juvenile; photo by Sam Galick)