A cold breeze from the Northeast and 56 degrees welcomed me and a few other brave mountain climbers up top the dike this morning ringing in the start of yet another fall here in Cape May. The dike is another 6-8 feet taller than last year with a gigantic, water-filled cut perfect for shorebirds which were in good attendance. The flight was fair, dominated by Blue-gray Gnatcatchers of which 240 flew past in small groups of 5-14 in a flock comprising for a little over a quarter of today's counted birds (29%). Other highlights were a poorly photographed, better seen Cerulean Warbler winging it north with a Yellow Warbler and a couple Blue-gray Gnatcatchers. Later on in the morning a Yellow-throated Warbler flew north. Overall a good morning with fall in the air- looking forward to the rest of the season! Hope to see you up there!
56
° F
NE @ 5-10 MPH
Clear conditions
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 6
Eastern Kingbird - 127
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 240
American Robin - 15
Cedar Waxwing - 62
Blue-winged Warbler - 3
Yellow Warbler - 81
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1
Magnolia Warbler - 1
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1
Blackburnian Warbler - 2
Prairie Warbler - 5
Black-and-white Warbler - 10
American Redstart - 132
Worm-eating Warbler - 1
Northern Waterthrush - 33
warbler sp. 1 54
Indigo Bunting - 4
Bobolink - 19
Baltimore Oriole - 9
Orchard Oriole - 5
Cerulean Warbler - 1
Yellow-throated Warbler - 1
Total= 814
A full eBird checklist is here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14929349
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| Blackburnian Warbler in flight |
