Morning Flight - 24 August 2013

Today's flight was almost on par with the prediction- 964 American Redstarts flew by!! There was a good number of people up on the dike today, and it surely felt like fall was finally here. I was happy to be overwhelmed but at the same time sad to miss a couple birds that had me wonder, "what was that?..." In the third hour after everyone left I was able to photograph a Yellow-throated Warbler flying by. I'll let the birds speak for themselves!

61° F
NNE @ 5-10 MPH
Clear conditions

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 5
Empidonax sp. - 12
Eastern Kingbird - 775
Red-eyed Vireo - 12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 15
American Robin - 9
Northern Mockingbird - 4
Cedar Waxwing - 62
Blue-winged Warbler - 1
Tennessee Warbler - 3
Northern Parula - 1
Yellow Warbler - 33
Magnolia Warbler - 3
Cape May Warbler - 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5
Blackburnian Warbler - 1
Prairie Warbler - 2
Black-and-white Warbler - 51
American Redstart - 964
Worm-eating Warbler - 3
Ovenbird - 5
Northern Waterthrush - 42
Canada Warbler - 1
warbler sp. - 559
Dickcissel - 2
Bobolink - 57
Baltimore Oriole - 23
Yellow-throated Warbler - 1

Total: 2,651

Male American Redstart

Baltimore Orioles

Blackburnian Warbler

Blue-winged Warbler

Empidonax Flycatcher

Yellow-throated Warbler