The flight today was dominated by robins (5776), but Cedar Waxwings (1235) staged their largest single-day movement of the year. In fact, the past five days - with hundreds of waxwings each day - have pushed the 2012 season total (8898) well past the next best year (6774 in 2005). The Morning Flight average is only 4141, less than half of this year's count. So we can now add Cedar Waxwings to the growing list of birds (Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Red- and White-breasted Nuthatches, and Pine Siskins) that are having gargantuan autumns in Cape May.
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5
Northern Flicker - 2
Brown Creeper - 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 83
White-breasted Nuthatch - 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 2
American Robin - 5776
American Pipit - 9
American Pipit - 9
Cedar Waxwing - 1235
Tennessee Warbler - 1
Tennessee Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 534
Palm Warbler - 6
Blackpoll Warbler - 2
Blackpoll Warbler - 2
warbler sp. - 19
Chipping Sparrow - 5
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Dark-eyed Junco - 7
Eastern Meadowlark - 4
Rusty Blackbird - 6
Purple Finch - 19
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Dark-eyed Junco - 7
Eastern Meadowlark - 4
Rusty Blackbird - 6
Purple Finch - 19
Pine Siskin - 41
Total = 7763
Other highlights included an immature Great Cormorant and the largest northbound flight of House Finches (180) this year.
Other highlights included an immature Great Cormorant and the largest northbound flight of House Finches (180) this year.
