The next couple of days should still be interesting, though will likely have smaller numbers compared to today. I was very excited to post today's list, but have gotten distracted with the great birds in the yard- just sitting on my porch there's Veeries, Ovenbird, Black-and-white, Redstart, Parula, Magnolia, Chestnut-sided, and Pine Warblers flitting around in the trees! Not to mention the raptors overhead, Ospreys, Cooper's, Northern Harrier, four Bald Eagles, Broad-winged, Red-tailed and I just got my yard Caspian Tern with young in tow.
I'm personally excited about a scheduled launch of a rocket bound for the moon from the NASA Wallops Center on Chincoteague Island in VA on Friday night at 11:27 PM. If it's a clear night one could perch themselves up on one of the dune crossings at the state park or the meadows and see a great show of the rocket blasting off and head in the direction of the ocean. I'll be two hours into a pelagic going offshore NJ out of Wildwood but I'll surely be on the top deck looking up hoping to see this lesser-celebrated human accomplishment.
You can find out more information about the first launch to the moon from the Virginia coast here:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home/index
70° F
N @ 5-10 MPH
Clear conditions
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Empidonax Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 114
Red-eyed Vireo - 37
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 19
American Robin - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 271
Blue-winged Warbler - 2
Tennessee Warbler - 2
Northern Parula - 53
Yellow Warbler - 50
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 23
Magnolia Warbler - 2
Cape May Warbler - 10
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 28
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2
Blackburnian Warbler - 9
Prairie Warbler - 2
Palm Warbler - 1
Blackpoll Warbler - 5
Black-and-white Warbler - 46
American Redstart - 1,037
Worm-eating Warbler - 1
Ovenbird - 1
Northern Waterthrush - 45
Connecticut Warbler - 1
warbler sp. - 1,018
Scarlet Tanager - 10
Indigo Bunting - 1
Dickcissel - 1
Bobolink - 128
Baltimore Oriole - 53
Louisiana Waterthrush - 1
Total: 2,981
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| Black-throated Blue Warbler |
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| Connecticut Warbler in flight! |
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| Magnolia Warbler |
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| Louisiana Waterthrush |
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| Cape May Warbler |
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| Cape May Warbler |
