Morning Flight - 18 August 2013

The downward trend continues with less than favorable winds from the east this morning. While there weren't many birds to count I had plenty of visitors of which I was glad to keep my mind going through the random drizzle and wind. One of them being Jeff Gordon, President of the American Birding Association fresh off of their Camp Avocet for young birders which was a real treat along with David LaPuma.

Bird-wise the small number of birds moving were countered with quality- first a Yellow-throated Warbler flew northbound, while later on a Tennessee Warbler flew South. The Tennessee was particularly interesting in mid August, and my suspicions were confirmed when photographed that this was another adult in mid-molt.

70° F
E @ 5-10 MPH
Clear conditions with occasional drizzle

Eastern Kingbird - 9
Tennessee Warbler - 1
Yellow Warbler - 5
American Redstart - 3
Yellow-throated Warbler - 1

Total: 19

Molting adult Tennessee Warbler